Mary Blair Immel
Teoksen Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War tekijä
Tietoja tekijästä
With a master's degree in U.S. history, Mary Blair Immel has taught at several grade levels. She is an award-winning storyteller and author of several books, including Two-Way Street (1965), a Scholastic Books' Teenage Book Club Selection, and the HIS Press book, Captured! A Boy Trapped in the näytä lisää Civil War (2006), which is read by students, grades 4 through 8, across the country. Immel also publishes widely in magazines such as American Heritage, Guideposts, and The Hoosier Genealogist: Connections. näytä vähemmän
Tekijän teokset
Two-way street 1 kappale
Men Of God 1 kappale
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Sukupuoli
- female
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Asuinpaikat
- Covington, Indiana, USA
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
Palkinnot
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 6
- Jäseniä
- 61
- Suosituimmuussija
- #274,234
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 2.8
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 2
- ISBN:t
- 6
Captured! Tells the story of a 14 year old farm boy boy named Johnny Ables. His father has died and he has to act as the man of the family. While doing chores he was captured by Confederate soldiers and pressed into service as a wood hauler. Ironically, those Confederate soldiers are themselves taken prisoner and Johnny is mistaken as a young Confederate soldier and is sent to prison camp in Indianapolis.
Mary Blair Immel writes that she wanted to stay true to the actual story of Johnny Ables' life. This even means not including an ending to the story because she could not find it in her research. This leaves it to the reader's imagination if the boy gets home.
This read, while historically accurate, was dry and boring.… (lisätietoja)