Desperate Journey
- ISBN-10
- 0545019710
- ISBN-13
- 9780545019712
- Series
- Desperate Journey
- Category
- Canal-boats
- Pages
- 278
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Author
- Jim Murphy
Description
In the mid-1800s, with both her father and her uncle in jail on an assault charge, Maggie, her brother, and her ailing mother rush their barge along the Erie Canal to deliver their heavy cargo in time to avoid losing all they have.
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