John's story, 1775

Format:

Book

Title:

John's story, 1775

Author:

Nixon, Joan Lowery.

ISBN:

9780385326889

Publication Information:

New York : Delacorte Press, 2001.

Physical Description:

167 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.

Series title(s):

Young Americans.

General Note:

"Colonial Williamsburg."

Contents:

John's story: 1775 -- Author's Note -- About Williamsburg -- Childhood in Eighteenth-Century Virginia -- Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Virginia -- Recipe for Queen's Cake.

Summary:

In Williamsburg in 1775, as events threaten to plunge the colonies into war with Britain, eleven-year-old John feels caught between the revolutionary sentiments of his older brother and his father's insistence on a more temperate and patient course of action.

Subject(s):

Fathers and sons -- Fiction.

Family life -- Virginia -- Williamsburg -- Fiction.

Williamsburg (Va.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile fiction.

Williamsburg (Va.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Williamsburg (Va.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile fiction.

Williamsburg (Va.) -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Causes -- Fiction.

Virginia -- Williamsburg.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Juvenile works.

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Author Notes

Joan Lowery Nixon was born in Los Angeles, California. She attended the University of Southern California where she received a B.A. in journalism and later an education certificate from California State.

She has written over 100 mystery books for young adults. She is known for her Orphan Train Adventure Series and other titles including A Family Apart, The Seance and Other Side of the Dark. Her works have earned her the honor of being the only writer to win four Edgar Allen Poe awards and in addition, two Spurs from Western Writers of America. She was a past President of the Mystery Writers of America.

She died from complications of pancreatic cancer on June 28, 2003, in Houston, Texas. She was 76.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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Horn Book Review

Although his father endorses a more moderate relationship between the colonies and Great Britain, eleven-year-old John finds himself supporting his older brotherÆs more revolutionary stance. Loosely based on the experiences of a real family in Colonial Williamsburg, the story is fast paced, but the dialogue often strains to include background material. An afterword places the story in historical context. From HORN BOOK Fall 2002, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

John's Story: 1775	p. 5
Author's Note	p. 138
About Williamsburg	p. 144
Childhood in Eighteenth-Century Virginia	p. 154
Revolution in Eighteenth-Century Virginia	p. 161
Recipe for Queen's Cake	p. 166

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