By the Great Horn Spoon!
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By The Great Horn Spoon! is a children's novel by Sid Fleischman
, published in 1965. This story takes place in the California Gold Rush
. The main characters of the book are Praiseworthy, a butler
, and Jack, a twelve-year old boy who head to California
to search for gold after Jack's Aunt Arabella loses all her money. They are stow-aways on a ship, and uncover a villain on the ship. When they reach San Francisco, they head for the gold mines, but meet villains (including the one they unmasked on the ship) but also nice miners, such as Pitch Pine Billy.
This book was turned into a movie called The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
by Disney, who changed the name of the butler character but otherwise stayed reasonably faithful to the original idea.
Sid Fleischman
Albert Sidney Fleischman , pen name Sid Fleischman, was a Newbery Medal-winning author of children's books, screenplays, novels for adults, and books on magic. His works for children are known for their humor, imagery, zesty plotting, and exploration of the byways of American history...
, published in 1965. This story takes place in the California Gold Rush
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James W. Marshall at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California. The first to hear confirmed information of the gold rush were the people in Oregon, the Sandwich Islands , and Latin America, who were the first to start flocking to...
. The main characters of the book are Praiseworthy, a butler
Butler
A butler is a domestic worker in a large household. In great houses, the household is sometimes divided into departments with the butler in charge of the dining room, wine cellar, and pantry. Some also have charge of the entire parlour floor, and housekeepers caring for the entire house and its...
, and Jack, a twelve-year old boy who head to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
to search for gold after Jack's Aunt Arabella loses all her money. They are stow-aways on a ship, and uncover a villain on the ship. When they reach San Francisco, they head for the gold mines, but meet villains (including the one they unmasked on the ship) but also nice miners, such as Pitch Pine Billy.
This book was turned into a movie called The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin is a 1967 Technicolor drama film directed by James Neilson, based on the novel By the Great Horn Spoon by Sid Fleischman, starring Roddy McDowall, Suzanne Pleshette and Karl Malden. Roddy McDowall plays Griffin, the very proper butler of Bostonian Jack Flagg...
by Disney, who changed the name of the butler character but otherwise stayed reasonably faithful to the original idea.