And Then I Read: THE BUFFALO KNIFE

© William O. Steele estate, illustration © James Bernardin.

First published in 1952, William O. Steele tells a gripping adventure story of a pioneer family in Tennessee who plans to relocate from a farm that hasn't produced well to another part of the state where farmland soil is richer. To get there, they build a large log raft and most of the family and their animals and belongings ride it down the Tennessee River through rapids, past hostile Indian villages, and with every shore stop...