- Buried treasure, Fiction, Canoes and canoeing, Treasure-trove
Two English boys, David and Adam, spend the summer canoeing on the River Say and, with just an old riddle for a clue, try to find a treasure hidden along its banks by one of Adam's ancestors.
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Classical in form, earnest, intimate and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Philippa Pearce
- First published
- 1955
- Pages
- 250
- Publisher
- Oxf. UP., OUP, O.U.P.
- Editions
- 17
- Language
- und, English
- ISBN
- 9780192716156
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