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Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
by John Thompson; Fredrick McKissack; Pat McKissack
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A fact-based depiction of how Christmas was celebrated on a typical pre-Civil War Virginia plantation. Readers will see the stark contrast between how the holiday was celebrated in the "Big House," where the wealthy plantation owners lived, and how it was celebrated in the cramped slave quarters. Not merely a look at holiday traditions, this is also the story of the South just before the beginning of the Civil War, an event that would alter life in that region, and the rest of the United States, forever. Illustrated with acrylic paintings.
Available editions of Christmas in the Big House, Christmas in the Quarters
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9780590430272,
Reinforced Hardcover,
Scholastic,
1994
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Publisher Notes
In a poignant, heartwarming book rich in historical detail and careful research, two Coretta Scott King Award-winning authors movingly describe Christmas on a pre-Civil War plantation from two starkly different points of view--the big house and the slave quarters. Magnificent full-color illustrations, along with recipes, poems, songs, journal excerpts, and more add depth and authenticity to this extraordinary book.
Synopses
Describes the customs, recipes, poems, and songs used to celebrate Christmas in the big plantation houses and in the slave quarters just before the Civil War.
First Line
Think of yourself as a time traveler, a visitor who has just gone back to a Virginia plantation in 1859 at Christmastime.
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