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The sign of the beaver [videorecording] / a Clorox Diamond presentation ; CBS Television Network ; Questar ; produced by Martin Katz ; teleplay by Gerald DiPego ; directed by Sheldon Larry. [videorecording] /

Carradine, Keith, 1951- (Added Author). Fletcher, Brendan. (Added Author). Larry, Sheldon. (Added Author). O'Toole, Annette, 1953- (Added Author). Speare, Elizabeth George. Sign of the beaver. (Added Author). CBS Television Network. (Added Author). Clorox Diamond (Firm). (Added Author). Questar, Inc. (Added Author). Keith Carradine, Annette O'Toole, Gordon Tootosis, Brendan Fletcher, Maury Chaykin. (Cast).

Summary:

Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a thirteen-year-old boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videocdisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: Chicago, IL : Questar, Inc., c2007.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the Newbery Honor book "The sign of the beaver," by Elizabeth George Speare.
DVD release of a program originally broadcast on the CBS Television Network.
Previously released as: Keepng the promise.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Ron Stannett ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Peter Manning Robinson.
Participant or Performer Note:
Keith Carradine, Annette O'Toole, Gordon Tootosis, Brendan Fletcher, Maury Chaykin.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated by the MPAA.
System Details Note:
DVD ; Region 1.
Subject:
Friendship > Juvenile drama.
Frontier and pioneer life > Juvenile drama.
Indians of North America > Juvenile drama.
Survival skills > Juvenile drama.
Wilderness survival > Juvenile drama.
Genre:
Feature films

Available copies

  • 18 of 19 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 19 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library DVD FAM SIG (Text) 36015000092201 Adult Video Available -
Alexander Main Library DVD 07-173 Sign (Drama) (Text) 34269000974478 Adult Video Available -
Angier Public Library J DVD F Sig 126F (Text) 33632002409291 Juvenile Video Checked out 07/30/2026
Boonville Community Public Library DVD (Text) 30005100115461 Adult Video Available -
Bordeaux Library JDVD S (Text) 31781062352693 Juvenile Video Available -
East Regional Library JDVD S (Text) 31781062352602 Juvenile Video Available -
Elkin Public Library DVD (Text) 30499100357126 Juvenile Video Available -
Fairview Library CF 27524 DVD FAIR (Text) 0020513278059 Juvenile Video Available -
George H. & Laura E. Brown Library DVD Juvenile Sig (Text) 30308101093038 Juvenile Video Available -
High Point Library DVD FEATURE SIG (Text) 30519020449289 Adult Video Fiction Available -

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Summary: Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a thirteen-year-old boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills.