| George Johnson's War Contributor(s): Garvie, Maureen (Author), Beaty, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0888994680 ISBN-13: 9780888994684 Publisher: Groundwood Books OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2002 Annotation: Young George Johnson lives in extraordinary times. His father is Sir William Johnson, wealthy landowner in upstate New York's Mohawk Valley, and his mother is Molly Brant, step-daughter of an Iroquois chief and sister of Iroquois leader Joseph Brant. When the War for American Independence comes, George's charmed childhood comes to an end. His brother Peter leaves to fight for the king against the Americans, and he and his family are forced to flee when the rebels attack. Restless, George decides to follow his brother's footsteps into battle. Instead, his mother sends him to boarding school in Montreal, where he spends three miserable years waiting for Peter's return. Finally, now 13, he persuades his mother to let him join in a last raid on the valley where he grew up. Will George survive? Will his country? This moving novel about real people, based on the authors' meticulous research, brings to life a time that forged the future of Canada, the United States, and the fate of the First Nations People. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Native American |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2016591908 |
| Lexile Measure: 700 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.56" W x 8.66" (0.71 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Young George Johnson lives in extraordinary times. His father is Sir William Johnson, one of the richest and most powerful men in colonial New York. His mother is Molly Brant, step-daughter of a Mohawk chief and sister of Iroquois leader Joseph Brant. George spends his early years in a grand mansion. Johnson Hall is a place where Native American culture comfortably mingles with European customs. But George's life changes as the War for American Independence looms. Peter goes off to fight for the king against the rebel Americans, and the allegiance of the families of the Mohawk Valley are torn. After William Johnson's death in 1774, Molly and Joseph urge the Iroquois nations to support the Loyalists. As rebel forces take over the valley, George and his family are forced to flee. Molly sends George to boarding school in Montreal, where he spends three miserable years. Finally, he persuades his mother to allow him to join in a last raid on Mohawk Valley. In a riveting climax, he experiences first-hand the inglorious brutality and futility of war, and struggles with what it means to be half Mohawk. And at last he learns the truth about his brother's fate. |