By the Skin of His Teeth : a Barkerville mystery /
Walsh, Ann, 1942- , author.
By the Skin of His Teeth : a Barkerville mystery / Ann Walsh. - First edition. - Vancouver : Sandcastle Books, 2004. - 153 pages ; 21 cm
17-year-old Ted MacIntosh befriends a young Chinese boy despite the intense prejudice seething in the frontier town. Ted suffers intimidation and violence at the hands of the cruel, arrogant Tremblay and his cronies, but with courage and conviction the young man stands up for what he believes and defends his Chinese friend.
Middle grade.
0888784481
20049052284
Chinese--History--British Columbia--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Barkerville (B.C.)--History--Fiction.
British Columbia--History--1849-1871--Fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Author, Canadian.
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General.
F WAL
By the Skin of His Teeth : a Barkerville mystery / Ann Walsh. - First edition. - Vancouver : Sandcastle Books, 2004. - 153 pages ; 21 cm
17-year-old Ted MacIntosh befriends a young Chinese boy despite the intense prejudice seething in the frontier town. Ted suffers intimidation and violence at the hands of the cruel, arrogant Tremblay and his cronies, but with courage and conviction the young man stands up for what he believes and defends his Chinese friend.
Middle grade.
0888784481
20049052284
Chinese--History--British Columbia--Fiction.
Prejudices--Fiction.
Murder--Fiction.
Barkerville (B.C.)--History--Fiction.
British Columbia--History--1849-1871--Fiction.
Canadian fiction.
Author, Canadian.
FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General.
F WAL