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The Ice Horse

Publishers Summary: As Jack helps his uncle cut ice for the ice houses, he finds his strength and courage tested when his horse, Max, falls through the ice, in a tale complemented by full-color paintings that evoke winter in the Hudson River valley.

The Ice Horse

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Barring Bridge

Barring Bridge

Horse Cutting Ice

Cutting the Ice

Polling Cakes

Polling Cakes

Sawing the Floes

Sawing Floes

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