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A dangerous promise

After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand in Missouri.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nixon, Joan Lowery
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Delacorte, c1994.
Series:	Orphan Train adventures.
Subjects:	United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction. Missouri > Juvenile fiction. Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:	After being taken in by Captain Taylor and his wife in Kansas, twelve-year-old Mike Kelly and his friend Todd Blakely join the Union army as musicians and see the horrors of war firsthand in Missouri.
Physical Description:	148 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:	0385320736 :
Author Notes:	Joan Lowery Nixon was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California where she received a B.A. in journalism and later an education certificate from California State. She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America. She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76. (Bowker Author Biography)