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Book Review of Swamp Angel

Swamp Angel
Swamp Angel
Author: Anne Isaacs
Genre: Children's Books
Book Type: Paperback
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On the day of her birth, nothing about Angelica Longrider suggested that she would one day become the greatest woodswoman of Tennessee. In fact, the newborn was "scarcely taller than her mother and couldn't climb a tree without help." It's not long, though, before Angelica is vanquishing varmints such as Thundering Tarnation, a huge bear with a taste for settlers' winter rations, and swallowing entire lakes in a gulp.