Publisher's Synopsis
Nine-year-old Peter takes on the Mersey River to provide a local paper mill with pulpwood and earn spending money. He works hard to pull all the stray logs from the Mersey River and then he sells them to the Mersey Paper Mill. He spends his money on his family, treating his little brother to a movie and a very special present. Set in 1950s Liverpool, Nova Scotia and based on a true story.