Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man

Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man

by Robert McCloskey
Publisher: Puffin Books
Mass market paperback, 63 pages
Price: $8.99

Move over, Paul Bunyan . . . here's a tongue-in-cheek tall tale with a twist.

"This is a wonderful, walloping whopper about an old fisherman, his leaky boat and his friend the giggling gull, and what happens when his codfish hook gets caught in the tail of a whale . . . Splashy colors, wondrous whales, and faultless characterization . . . make this not only in the classic tradition of the sea, but in the surefire tradition of the author." —Library Journal

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