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Tom Whipple
- Author
- Walter D. Edmonds
- Narrator
- Mark Turetsky
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 1 September 2015
- Run Time
- 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
This tale from Newbery Medal–winning author Walter D. Edmonds is based on a story found in Lydia Maria Child’s Letters from New York.
An adventuresome youth determined to travel the world, Tom Whipple leaves his mother in New York and signs up for sea duty on a ship bound for Russia. As he sails, he makes up his mind to see the czar—and to present him with a gift.
Critics Review
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“A story to be cherished because it illustrates the resourcefulness and the single-minded courage which are the heritage of the free-born.”
New York Times, 1942
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Details
- Author
- Walter D. Edmonds
- Narrator
- Mark Turetsky
- Duration
- 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 September 2015
- ISBN
- 9781504623360
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction
Synopsis
This tale from Newbery Medal–winning author Walter D. Edmonds is based on a story found in Lydia Maria Child’s Letters from New York.An adventuresome youth determined to travel the world, Tom Whipple leaves his mother in New York and signs up for sea duty on a ship bound for Russia. As he sails, he makes up his mind to see the czar—and to present him with a gift.
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