**Colorado Book Award Winner for Literary Fiction: "The colorful characters make this account of the War of 1812 a rollicking page-turner" (*Publishers Weekly*).** In the early nineteenth century, young Henry Phipps is on a quest to realize his dying mother's last wish: to be buried at sea, s
Mad Boy: an Account of Henry Phipps in the War of 1812
β Scribed by Arvin, Nick
- Book ID
- 100546856
- Publisher
- Lightning Source Inc.; Europa Editions (UK) Ltd
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 162 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- La Vergne
- ISBN
- 1609454596
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β¦ Synopsis
A rollicking, picaresque novel about family and perseverance set during America's "forgotten war" of 1812.
β¦ Subjects
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