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Lawlor, Laurie

Old Crump: The True Story of a Trip West

32 pp. | Holiday | March, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-8234-1608-9 $$16.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by John Winch. Based on a true event, this sparse yet lyric narrative describes a wagon train that went astray in Death Valley in 1850 and Old Crump, the faithful ox that carried four children out on his back. Illustrations of the ragged, starving pioneers show awkward human figures but realistic, detailed desert animals; the California landscape is rendered in warm desert colors and often incorporates photos of the desolate terrain.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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