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Van Nutt, Julia

The Monster in the Shadows: A Cobtown Story, from the Diaries of Lucky Hart

32 pp. | Doubleday | September, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-385-32565-7 $$15.95
(4) 1-3 Illustrated by Robert Van Nutt. Lucky Hart's long, drawn-out journal entries recount the goings-on in Cobtown in 1845. Two newcomers, Captain Ragg and Short Tooth, are charging the townspeople a quarter apiece for a peek at a fierce monster--that just happens to escape before show time. The con men get their comeuppance when Lucky's friend scares them with a hand-shadow image of a toothy beast. Full-page paintings accompany the mildly amusing tale.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

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