Johnny Tremain: A Story Of Boston In Revolt
by Esther Forbes
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Walcott, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Houghton Mifflin,1843. Very good First Editon, later printing of the Newbery Medal editon. Boards bright greeen with black pictoral & title on front, lettering on spine. Minor chips to bottom of pictoral paste-downs and small book seller decal on rear paste-down. Very good unclipped ($3.75) with bright Newbery decal on front, shelf wear typical of age of book, several small chips to edge(s), closed tear on bottom of spine and open (1/2 in.) tear at top of spine that does not involve author's name. The Pulitzer Prize winning author (Paul Revere) expands on the story that most children read in elementary school. Who can forget the fourteen year-old boy who (in 1773) burned his hand with iwth molten silver. The book describes in detail the Revolutionary events in/around Boston such as the Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington. The Newbery additon includes twelve full-page illustrations by Lynd Ward not in the seen in the trade edtion. 8.5x5.75 in.
Synopsis
Johnny Tremain, a 1943 children's novel by Esther Forbes, retells in narrative form the final years in Boston prior to the outbreak of the American Revolution. The novel's themes include the apprenticeship system, the conflicts in Boston between the Sons of Liberty and Loyalists as the war approaches, and the reasons why each character in the novel chooses one side or the other.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lamplighter Library (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 164
- Title
- Johnny Tremain
- Author
- Esther Forbes
- Illustrator
- Lynd Ward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1943
- Pages
- 256
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Revolution, war, patriot, history
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