TY - BOOK AU - Edmonds,Walter D. AU - Lantz,Paul TI - The matchlock gun SN - 0698116801 AV - JUV PZ 7 .E247 Mat 1998 PY - 1998/// CY - New York, NY PB - Putnam & Grosset Group KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - New York (State) KW - Fiction KW - Courage KW - Newbery Medal KW - United States KW - History KW - French and Indian War, 1754-1763 N1 - "A PaperStar book."; Ages 8-12 N2 - In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy ER -