''Swift Rivers'' is a children's historical novel by Cornelia Meigs. Set initially in 1835 in

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

, it is a story of the early days of the logging industry, when logs were floated down the

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

St. Louis St. Louis ( , sometimes referred to as St. Louis City, Saint Louis or STL) is an independent city in the U.S. state of Missouri. It lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and the Missouri rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a populatio ...

. The novel, illustrated by Forrest W. Orr, was first published in 1931 and was a

Newbery Honor The John Newbery Medal, frequently shortened to the Newbery, is a literary award given by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contr ...

recipient in 1933.

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1931 American novels Children's historical novels American children's novels Newbery Honor–winning works Novels set in Minnesota Fiction set in 1835 Novels set in the 1830s 1931 children's books Children's books set in Minnesota Children's books set in the 1830s {{1930s-child-hist-novel-stub