By the Great Horn Spoon!
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| By The Great Horn Spoon! | |
| Author | Sid Fleischman |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Greenwillow Books |
| Publication date | 1965 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 193 |
| ISBN | NA |
| Followed by | Jack's Gold |
By The Great Horn Spoon! is a children's novel by Sid Fleischman. This story takes place in the California Gold Rush. The main characters of the book are Praiseworthy, a butler, and Jack, a twelve-year old boy who head to California to search for gold after Jack's aunt loses all her money. They stow away on a ship, and uncover a villain on the ship. When they reach San Francisco, they head for the gold mines, but meet villains (including the one they unmasked on the ship) but also nice miners, such as Pitch Pine Billy. The book ends when Aunt Arabella and Jack's sisters sail to San Francisco, and Praiseworthy and Aunt Arabella marry.
This book was turned into a movie called The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin by Disney, but the movie wasn't much like the book, mostly for the fact that the character's name was different. However, the plot was just like the book.
