Rascal

<p>Rascal is a young adult novel about life in 1850. The book is classified as historical fiction and as a Western. There is action within the story but the central theme is about life in three different areas of the country during the time frame.</p><p> </p><p>Wareham Massachusetts a young British immigrant begins his life in America. He purchases Rascal on his way to the farm where he will work for a year.</p><p> </p><p>Travel from Wareham to New York City then by train to Chicago then by wagon train to Minneapolis in the Wisconsin Territory. It was in the Minnesota Territory upon arrival.</p><p> </p><p>Anoka Minnesota a small village on the Rum River is the destination for a new farm.</p><p> </p><p>Circumstances led to a several-year venture into the west north of the badlands to hunt beaver an industry in decline at that time.</p><p> </p><p>With a return to Anoka under different circumstances.</p>