Gretchen Woelfle
Autor de Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution
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Answering the Cry for Freedom: Stories of African Americans and the American Revolution (2016) — Autor — 318 copias
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I was in grad school when I learned of this real-life heist performed by the Lord Chamberlain's Men, when they disassembled the Theatre playhouse, moved it to the other side of the river, and reopened it as the Globe. I thought at the time that it would make a great children's book, and I'm glad to see that that's been done. I enjoyed this story, especially the child's perspective. Kit has a hair-trigger temper and his own reasonable angst about what's to become of him, but those details help make him into a fully rounded character. I didn't care much for the illustrations, which don't serve the story particularly well, but the text is strong and the real-life history behind it interesting. This book has been languishing on my to-be-read shelf, but I'll find a home for it in my permanent collection because of the Shakespeare connection.… (más)