Publication

1974 - Macmillan, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

69,500 words, Guess

Page Count

278 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC[Fic]
  • LCCPZ7.H1828 Mac

Description

Hamilton’s classic coming-of-age tale: The National Book Award– and Newbery Award–winning novel about a young man who must choose between supporting his tight-knit family and pursuing his own dreams Mayo Cornelius Higgins perches on top of a homemade forty-foot tower, considering two destinies. Behind him is his family’s beloved house at the foot of a mountain that strip mining has reduced to loose rubble. In front of him, the beautiful Ohio River Valley and the great world beyond. As M.C. weighs whether to stay with the family and home he loves or set off into the world on his own, there appear on the horizon two strangers who will make his decision all the more difficult.

Description

As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M. C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.
  • Juvenile fiction.

Other Editions

  • M.C. Higgins, the great.Macmillan1974-01-01
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