Barbara Lockhart
Autor/a de Requiem for a Summer Cottage
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Obres de Barbara Lockhart
Read to Me, Talk with Me 1 exemplars
Elizabeth's Field 1 exemplars
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Elizabeth's Field de Ms Barbara M. Lockhart
An excellent depiction of troubled times on Maryland's agricultural Eastern Shore during the days of the underground railroad. The author visited Caroline County Public Library and explained her extensive research on her subject. She currently lives on Elizabeth's 22 acres and became intrigued with her story, which is based on facts, to the maximum extent possible. The book illuminates a little known time and the little known predicament of free blacks before the Civil War. A worthwhile read.
TLC Book Club. Historical Fiction. The author is a friend of Juanita's. Set on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Elizabeth is a negro/indian free woman who owns land for a short period of time. Mattie, a descendent that dies in 2000, narrates some with flashbacks to Elizabeth's time in the mid 1800's when slavery was falling apart, the underground railroad was very active, and life of the "free" blacks was extremely hazardous and difficult. The good worker free black men (and "breeder" girls) were picked off often by the "patrollers", auctioned and sent down to work as slaves on the Georgia plantations. Free and slave often intermarried, and Elizabeth purchased her husband from his owner, with the understanding that his ownership was transferring to her. Free vs. slave was matrilineal. So if the mother was free, the children were free even if Dad was a slave. Very difficult and dangerous times leading up to the civil war. This book is being saved for the historical fiction book box.… (més)
This book is ideal for a child and an adult to sit and read together. It has predictable and easy words and the kids have fun watching the dog do anything to find his napping place.
The illustrations in this book are hilarious, yet so beautiful. The text is perfect for children that are just starting to read. Simple one syllable words. But the best part of this book is the illustrations, I just love them. The dog spends the entire book searching for his napping place in the corn field and discovers many new things to do threw out the different seasons. Every attempt he makes fails until the very end. You will find yourself rooting for the Mosey. This is one of my grandson’s favorite books; he wants to read it every night.
I was given this book from NetGalley and Schiffer Publishing.… (més)
The illustrations in this book are hilarious, yet so beautiful. The text is perfect for children that are just starting to read. Simple one syllable words. But the best part of this book is the illustrations, I just love them. The dog spends the entire book searching for his napping place in the corn field and discovers many new things to do threw out the different seasons. Every attempt he makes fails until the very end. You will find yourself rooting for the Mosey. This is one of my grandson’s favorite books; he wants to read it every night.
I was given this book from NetGalley and Schiffer Publishing.… (més)
Excellent depiction of how mental illness can influence an entire family. This book's sublteties really shine on the second reading.
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 7
- Membres
- 13
- Popularitat
- #774,335
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 4
- ISBN
- 4