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The tinderbox

Barry Moser

199029 pagesabout 25–40 minutes
1990
first published
  • 1990Little, Brown and Company · ENG
  • 1990Little, Brown and Co. · 29 pages · ENGISBN 9780316039383

A retelling of Andersen's classic tale of a brave soldier who finds love and fortune in a magic tinderbox, set in the post-Civil War South.

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