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The Far-Distant Oxus

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Author(s):Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):Karl W. Stuecklen
Publisher(s): The Macmillan Co.
Year Published: 1969
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
Boys Growing Up
British
Camping
Families
Farm Life
Fiction - Novel
Girls Growing Up
Holidays
Horses
Age Range: Ages 7-9: Short Chapter Books
Pages: 279
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 671511502

Description

Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.

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Other Editions

The Far-Distant Oxus (1937)

A tale of ponies and adventure set on Exmoor. TEST

Publisher: Jonathan Cape
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Escape to Persia (1938)

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Oxus in Summer (1939)

A collection of stories about the adventures of the six friends in the Oxus country.

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Oxus in Summer (1940)

A collection of stories about the adventures of the six friends in the Oxus country.

Publisher: The Macmillan Co.
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