Bryna J. Fireside
Auteur de Private Joel and the Sewell Mountain Seder
Œuvres de Bryna J. Fireside
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- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 125
- Popularité
- #160,151
- Évaluation
- 3.1
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 21
After recently reading and enjoying Elka Weber and John Winch's The Yankee at the Seder, another true story of a Passover seder during or immediately after the American Civil War, I decided to seek out Private Joel and the Sewell Mountain Seder as well, in order to contrast and compare. This is a somewhat more advanced title, being quite textually dense for a picture-book, and tells an interesting story. The makeshift aspect of the seder celebration felt authentic - after all, Private Joel and his compatriots would have had a difficult time coming by everything they needed, on a mountaintop in West Virginia - and the comparisons between the story of Passover, and of the Exodus, on the one hand, and the fight against modern-day slavery on the other, felt quite appropriate. The drunkenness of the soldiers, after drinking a little too much cider, was unexpected in a children's book, but also amusing. I don't think this one was as well-written or as engaging as the Weber/Winch title, but it was certainly well worth reading. Recommended to more advanced picture-book readers looking for Passover and/or Civil War stories.… (plus d'informations)