The crimson cap /

In 1684, wearing his father's faded cap, eleven-year-old Pierre Talon joins explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier on an ill-fated expedition to seek the Mississippi River, but after the expedition falls apart Pierre, deathly ill, is taken in by Hasinai Indians. Includes historical facts.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Howard, Ellen
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Holiday House, [2009]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Explorers > Fiction. Hasinai Indians > Fiction. Indians of North America > Texas > Fiction. La Salle, Robert Cavelier, > sieur de, > 1643-1687 > Fiction. Texas > History > To 1846 > Fiction. America > Discovery and exploration > Fiction. Young adult fiction. La Salle, Robert Cavelier, > sieur de, > 1643-1687 > Juvenile fiction. Explorers > Juvenile fiction. Hasinai Indians > Juvenile fiction. Indians of North America > Texas > Juvenile fiction. Texas > History > To 1846 > Juvenile fiction. America > Discovery and exploration > Juvenile fiction.

Description
Summary:	In 1684, wearing his father's faded cap, eleven-year-old Pierre Talon joins explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier on an ill-fated expedition to seek the Mississippi River, but after the expedition falls apart Pierre, deathly ill, is taken in by Hasinai Indians. Includes historical facts.
Physical Description:	177 pages : map ; 22 cm.
Audience:	10 up.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780823421527 (hardcover) 082342152X (hardcover)