Mary Blair Immel
Auteur de Captured! A Boy Trapped in the Civil War
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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. afficher moins
Œuvres de Mary Blair Immel
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Covington, Indiana, USA
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 61
- Popularité
- #274,234
- Évaluation
- 2.8
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 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.… (plus d'informations)