Catfish darted over the dam, tumbling straigt down through the rushing water. The current pushed him along at a rapid pace, until he reached the small stream. Overcome with great joy and enthusiasm, he began to swim as fast as he could.... "I am free! I'm free! I can go anywhere!" sang Catfish as he rounded the bend and made his way into the big river. He swam headlong into the murky waters of the Mississippi River, then proceeded north toward the Great Lakes!

The Legend of Catfish and Little Bream

Wells, Ronnie

Children's Books

Acadian House Pub

The Legend of Catfish & Little Bream

Animals

Christian Faith

An orphaned eleven-year-old Calvin looks to the Great Tensas River Bottom as a means to escape the pressures of the real world.Located in Northeast Louisiana, the Tensas River Bottom is now an eighty-thousand-acre national refuge.A book of fiction that also records some actual events that have taken place in this magical part of North Louisiana.This is a heartwarming story of Calvin, an eleven-year-old orphan boy and his dog--the larger-than-life 140-pound Catahoula Cur/Great Dane mix. They have made the Tensas River Bottom their home.The boy and his sister are sent to the Pooles' foster home near Tallulah, Louisiana, in the year 1944. Their father enlisted in the army and was sent overseas, leaving his pregnant wife and young Calvin behind near the end of World War II. Then only a short time after arriving in Dutch New Guinea, he was listed as missing in action. Their mother died from medical complications after giving birth to his baby sister. On his mother's deathbed, she made him promise never to let him and his sister be separated.Over the next few years, many couples wanted to adopt the cute little girl but not Calvin, who was now too old.The only chance for his little sister to ever have a family in his eleven-year-old mind was for him to break his promise and run away to the great swamp to live. The big dog is harnessed to a goat cart with a canvas top, which becomes his miniature covered wagon. When the weather is cold and rainy, he sleeps in the wagon. Together, they learned to survive off the land, as his ancestors once did, in the Great Tensas River Bottom.

Calvin and the Great Tensas River Bottom

Literature & Fiction

Action & Adventure

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