Moccasin Trail

Moccasin Trail
	First edition
Author	Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Children's Literature
Publisher	Coward-McCann
Publication date	1952
Media type	Print

Moccasin Trail is a Newbery Honor novel by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, first published in 1952.

Plot

Jim Keath hungers for adventure and to leave his home as a young boy. Without saying goodbye, he does just that, following his uncle into the wilderness where he helps him hunt and trap beaver. But when his uncle is suddenly killed, he is on his own. After an attack by a grizzly bear leaves him seriously injured, a tribe of Crow Indians come to his rescue, nursing him back to health. Jim lives out his adolescence among the Crows, speaking their language and living and thinking of himself as a Crow. Then, as a 19 year old young man, Jim is astonished to receive a letter from his brother, Jonathan, begging him to help his sister, brother, and himself secure land out west, since Jim is the only one of the four siblings who is of age to sign the legal documents necessary for claiming the land. As Jim tries to help, he struggles with the knowledge of his mother's death, the guilt of leaving his family 9 years ago, and who he really is, as his siblings try to convince him to give up his Indian ways and live as a family again.

Characters

James "Jim" Keath--Age 19
Jonathan Keath—Age 17
Sally Keath

References

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