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The Bears of Blue River
Charles Major
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The strangers felt grateful to the boy who had given them such timely help, and asked him what they could do for him in return.
38Balser hesitated a moment, and said, “There’s only one thing I want very bad, but that would cost so much there’s no use to speak of it.”
“What is it, Balser? Speak up, and if it is anything I can buy, you shall have it.”
“A gun! A gun! A smooth-bore carbine. I’d rather have it than anything else in the world.”
“You shall have it if there’s one to be bought in Indianapolis. We are going there, and will return within a week or ten days, and you shall have your carbine if I can find one.”
Within two weeks after this conversation Balser was the happiest boy in Indiana, for he owned a carbin. . . Read More
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Our after-dinner-read for the kids was "The Bears of Blue River." I remember my 3rd and 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Baughman, reading this to us. It was written around 1900 and centers on the adventures of Balser, a 13-year-old boy who lives in Indiana around 1820.
It has all the things I love about olde
What a FUN read! The author almost lost me in the second chapter with some misinformation about bears…but he quickly recovered with his high skill at spinning a simple yarn.
The writing is reminiscent of Laura Ingall’s simple, direct style. The chapters are full of peril and danger and likable charac
SO MANY BEARS. My kids loved this as a read aloud, it does have a vague spoiler about Santa Claus that I edited out. My copy was also riddled with typos. It was fun though, especially if you like a bear attack or 6.
My 5th grade teacher read this book to us. It chronicles the adventures of Little Balser Brent growing up in a log cabin in the Indiana wilderness. The book kindled my fascination with pioneer life, nature, and outdoor adventure. I have carried the memory of those stories with me my entire life and,
The kids are definitely scared of bears now.
This book was one of my first favorites, and it still holds a soft spot in my heart. It reads almost like serialized accounts of the protagonists' various encounters with bears and his life in frontier Southern Indiana. It seamlessly covers a wide gamut of human's interactions with nature. And for y
I truly enjoyed reading this book - again. The very first time it was read to me in 3rd grade by the wonderful Odessa Campbell. She inspired hundreds of us!