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From: HANSNELS_at_aol.com <HANSNELS>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 15:03:52 EDT
Hi all,
While we're still on the subject of books we are reading I must mention, Tonya Bolden's latest children's book, Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American Girl. Bolden tells the true story of an African American girl born in 1848
in New York City. As with all of Tonya's books, Maritcha is well written and informative. Maritcha is based on an unpublished memoir written by Maritcha Remond Lyons. Ms. Bolden not only, tells Maritcha's story giving us interesting details about her daily life, but also places Maritcha's life in the context of 19th Century America and New York City. Maritcha's father was very much involved in self-help organizations and the family's home was a safe house for runaway slaves.
Tonya Bolden seamlessly weaves the history of the time--the Underground Railroad, the black conventions, Abolitionist meetings, the draft riots of 1863, into her narrative about the life of this young girl. Bolden's description of the riots and Maritcha's family fleeing to Providence, Rhode Island are very exciting and pull you right in.
This is a must read so I won't tell the whole story here, except to say that this remarkable young woman became an Assistant Principal at P.S. 83 in Brooklyn in 1898. Wonderful prints and photographs enhance the narrative.
Joyce Hansen
Received on Sat 21 May 2005 02:03:52 PM CDT
Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 15:03:52 EDT
Hi all,
While we're still on the subject of books we are reading I must mention, Tonya Bolden's latest children's book, Maritcha: A Nineteenth Century American Girl. Bolden tells the true story of an African American girl born in 1848
in New York City. As with all of Tonya's books, Maritcha is well written and informative. Maritcha is based on an unpublished memoir written by Maritcha Remond Lyons. Ms. Bolden not only, tells Maritcha's story giving us interesting details about her daily life, but also places Maritcha's life in the context of 19th Century America and New York City. Maritcha's father was very much involved in self-help organizations and the family's home was a safe house for runaway slaves.
Tonya Bolden seamlessly weaves the history of the time--the Underground Railroad, the black conventions, Abolitionist meetings, the draft riots of 1863, into her narrative about the life of this young girl. Bolden's description of the riots and Maritcha's family fleeing to Providence, Rhode Island are very exciting and pull you right in.
This is a must read so I won't tell the whole story here, except to say that this remarkable young woman became an Assistant Principal at P.S. 83 in Brooklyn in 1898. Wonderful prints and photographs enhance the narrative.
Joyce Hansen
Received on Sat 21 May 2005 02:03:52 PM CDT
