My Near-Death Adventures by Alison DeCamp

Author:Alison DeCamp
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2016-07-05T04:00:00+00:00

I’m on the docks. I’m on the docks. I’m on the docks.

I’m actually facedown on the docks because I tripped on a railroad tie, but I’m still on the docks.

I sure hope my dad didn’t see that. I don’t want him to think his son is clumsy.

Stinky Pete chuckles and lends me a hand, hauling me up with one arm. “You hurt?” he asks.

“Nah,” I answer, brushing coal dust off my trousers.

Stinky Pete takes off, whistling and talking about the latest news and how when he returned to the real world after the river drive, he was sad to hear about Frederick Douglass’s death.

“He was an amazing man, Stan,” Stinky Pete says. “Brave and intelligent. A big supporter of women’s suffrage.”

“He wanted women to suffer?” I ask. I can think of a few women who could stand to suffer a little bit, but for the most part, I don’t think suffering is a good thing.

Stinky Pete laughs. “No, no. It means he supported a woman’s right to vote,” he explains.

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