• Mr. Tucket

  • The Tucket Adventures, Book 1
  • By: Gary Paulsen
  • Narrated by: John Randolph Jones
  • Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (222 ratings)

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Mr. Tucket

By: Gary Paulsen
Narrated by: John Randolph Jones
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Publisher's summary

It is 1848, and Francis Tucket is heading west on the Oregon Trail with his family. Yesterday he celebrated his 14th birthday on the tailgate of a Conestoga wagon in the foothills of the Rockies. Today, he is going to practice with his new birthday present, a Lancaster rifle. Falling far behind the wagon train, Francis loses sight of his family and is kidnapped by Pawnee Indians. Saved by a one-armed mountain man named Mr. Grimes, Francis takes off with his rescuer on a wild adventure peopled by actual historical characters, including Jim Bowie, and set against an historically-accurate background of the Old West.

©1994 Gary Paulsen (P)1994 Recorded Books

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AMAZING!!

the book was amazing and full of action i cried a little bit but it was one of the best books you’ll ever read

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Love this adventure!

The story, the characters and the narration make a wonderful read! And it’s the first of a series.

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Gary Paulsen at his best

wish i had known about this series long ago but I just fell in love with the hatchet series and the haymedow I never got around to the tucket series

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Reality

Another great book by Gary Paulsen. Great story line and created friendships with a young person forced to become a man.

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Seriously the best book

Loved the entire book, so sad when it ended. Would easily listen again. Love love!!!!

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This was the first book that I have read by Gary Paulsen. I will definitely be reading all of his book. The reader was a perfect match for the story.

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Coming of Age in the Old West

I started with this book and then listened to the entire series, which is easily done because they're pretty short. My grandkids are a little to old to enjoy this now, but it's a good series for family or children about grade 4. I enjoy reading about the American frontier, and this series was such an interesting accompaniment to The Frontiersman by Allen Eckert. The Tucket Adventures take place on The Oregon Trail beginning in 1840, after the westward expansion that pushed American Indians out of what we now call the Midwest. There are two interviews with author Gary Paulsen included (one in this book) in which he addresses some of the misperceptions and misrepresentations of the American west in the first half of the 19th century.

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Great Story and Performance

This was a very well told story that kept your attention and explain a way to survive when you feel attacked.

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Mr Tucket

This is the first book in this series. This is my first book from this Author and narrator. Both did an excellent job. I recommend trying this book . It is a good short western. I'll listen to the next book. I think it will be a good series. If my review is any help will you please click on the helpful link below. Thank you

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loved the book! thanks. I will tell others of

I will tell others of this book...would have liked one more chapter of struggle to find his family and they were ok.

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