Edmonds, Walter D. <br/><br/>
The matchlock gun / 
by Walter D. Edmonds ; illustrated by Paul Lantz. 
 - New York :  Putnam,  1998,c1941. 
 - xi, 61 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm. 
<br/><br/> A  AR  RC 
<br/><br/> In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy. 
<br/><br/> 5.7.  3-7. 
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<br/><br/> Awarded the Newbery Medal, 1942. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0698116801 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Frontier and pioneer life--Fiction.--New York (State)<br/>Courage--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Fiction.--1755-1763, French and Indian War
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>Fic