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Pinto's Journey (Paperback)
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Pinto's Journey (Paperback)
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List price R375
Loot Price R309
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You Save R66 (18%)
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Pinto Goodluck, a little Indian boy, lived with his mother, his
grandfather and his burro, Ambrosio. His grandfather made beautiful
jewelry from silver and turquoise. He traded it with other Indians
for corn and bread and vegetables. Sometimes he sold it to the
tourists in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and bought sugar and salt and
coffee. Then the Great War came and all the young men went away and
the turquoise mines were closed. Grandfather knew of a secret mine
but it was a long way off and the journey was full of danger.
Grandfather was too old to go. There were steep mountains to climb
and wild arroyos to cross. There were all sorts of fierce animals,
mountain lion and bears and buzzards. Pinto was afraid of all these
things, but he was a very brave little boy. He decided he would try
to find the secret mine himself. One night when his mother and
grandfather and everyone in the village was asleep, he took some
pinon nuts, three cold biscuits, a blanket and his bow and arrow
and he and Ambrosio set out on the dangerous journey. How Pinto
found the secret mine and brought home the turquoise is an
absorbing adventure story for young readers. Wilfred S. Bronson
wrote his first book at the age of eight. Called "Animal People,"
it started like this: "This book is for children who are interested
in animals and birds. It has verey good pictures in it and children
can understand it verey easily." He later learned to spell and
wrote and illustrated many books for children with "verey good
pictures" that they could understand. "Pinto's Journey," originally
published in 1948, was written while he and his wife were living in
New Mexico where he came to know his Indian neighbors and
especially the small hero of this book.
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