In 1874, President Grant authorises the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi. Until then, passage between St. Louis and East St. Louis was only possible on ferries. But the ferry company is owned by two brothers who have been getting rich by forcing passengers to wait in the hotels and restaurants they own on both sides of the river. The two crooks are doing everything in their power to prevent the bridge from being built - until Lucky Luke arrives, of course...

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Lucky Luke .

There are 48 pages in this book.

This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+).

This book was published in 2018 by Cinebook Ltd .

JEAN and MOU-SIEN TSENG are a wife and husband team who came to the United States from Taiwan. They have illustrated nearly two dozen books for children, many on Asian subjects. This is their first for Clarion. Linda Sue Park is the author of the Newbery Medal book A Single Shard and bestseller A Long Walk to Water. She has also written several acclaimed picture books, fiction and nonfiction, and is a founding member of We Need Diverse Books. She lives in Rochester, New York, with her family. Visit her online at lspark. com and on Twitter @LindaSuePark. JEAN and MOU-SIEN TSENG are a wife and husband team who came to the United States from Taiwan. They have illustrated nearly two dozen books for children, many on Asian subjects. This is their first for Clarion.