With thirty highly successful books to his credit, Stephen W. Meader, one of the most noted and popular writers of books for young people, has covered many aspects of American life, both modern and historical.
Thus Tad was part of the first historic trip of Abraham Lincoln down the Mississippi. The attempts of the outlaws to kidnap the boy added extra peril to a voyage sure to be filled with dangers in those days of wild river life. Although Mr. Meader has not attempted to give a direct picture of Abraham Lincoln, he is the dominating figure in the story.
"I have not read so good a yarn of its kind in months . . . legitimately exciting and sufficiently accurate for a good historical novel." Saturday Review of Literature
"A romantic and illuminating story." Boston Herald
