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Lost on a Mountain in Maine / by Donn Fendler, as told to Joseph B. Egan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Harper Collins Publishers, 2013Edition: Revised paperback editionDescription: 98 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780688115739
  • 068811573X
Uniform titles:
  • Donn Fendler, lost on a mountain in Maine
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Contents:
My adventure begins -- Plumes of Pamola -- Sharp rocks and sleet -- Ghosts on the mountain -- Blackflies are no fun -- I hear footsteps -- Bears are not so bad -- I find a cabin -- I hear an airplane -- Ever see a swink? -- Soldiers in a swamp -- Journey's end.
Summary: A twelve-year-old describes his nine-day struggles to survive after being separated from his companions in the mountains of Maine in 1939. When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures the path. He doesn't count on falling down an embankment that hides him from sight. And he doesn't count on taking a turn that leaves him alone to wander aimlessly for nearly two weeks in the empty mountain wilderness.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 974.125 F331 Available 33111009704103
Total holds: 0

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Based on the true account of a boy's harrowing journey through the vast wilderness of the Katahdin Mountains, Lost on a Mountain in Maine is a gripping survival story for all ages.

Twelve-year-old Donn Fendler steps away from his Boy Scout troop for only a minute, but in the foggy mountains of Maine, a minute is all it takes. After hours of trying to find his way back, a nervous and tired Donn falls down an embankment, making it impossible for him to be found. One sleepless night goes by, followed by a second . . . and before Donn knows it, almost two weeks have passed, leaving him starving, scared, and delirious.

With rainstorms, black bears, and his fear of being lost forever, Donn's journey is a physically, mentally, and emotionally charged story told from the point of view of the boy who lived it.

Don't miss this thrilling survival story, a proven high-interest winner that pulls in readers the way Hatchet, My Side of the Mountain, and the I Survived books do.

Originally published by New Hampshire Pub. Co, Somersworth, New Hampshire, ©1978 under title: Donn Fendler, lost on a mountain in Maine.

Ages 8-12.

A twelve-year-old describes his nine-day struggles to survive after being separated from his companions in the mountains of Maine in 1939. When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures the path. He doesn't count on falling down an embankment that hides him from sight. And he doesn't count on taking a turn that leaves him alone to wander aimlessly for nearly two weeks in the empty mountain wilderness.

My adventure begins -- Plumes of Pamola -- Sharp rocks and sleet -- Ghosts on the mountain -- Blackflies are no fun -- I hear footsteps -- Bears are not so bad -- I find a cabin -- I hear an airplane -- Ever see a swink? -- Soldiers in a swamp -- Journey's end.

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