Everyman's Library Children's Classics offers a superb collection of the world's greatest children's books in handsome full cloth hardcover editions. This library brings back into print such well-loved illustrators as Ivan Bilibin, Heath Robinson, Kate Greenaway, Arthur Rackham, Nicolas Bentley and Walter Crane. Each book has the added feature of beautiful gold stamping on the front and spine and a silk ribbon marker - making them the ideal gift for any child at any time of the year.
Conrad Richter was born in 1890 and died in 1968. He wrote more than 10 novels and won both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award.
"Rebellion, glowing vitality. . . . The spirit of the wild
frontier. . . . An absorbing story, marked by Richter's uncanny
skill in recapturing the atmosphere of the past." -"The New York
Times Book Review
""Memorable . . . Richter tells the story with [a] glowing passion
for unspoiled nature. . . . It is impossible to doubt the detailed
. . . accuracy of the picture." -"New York Herald Tribune"
"Good reading for anyone curious about the past of our country."
-"The Yale Review"
Richter's (The Awakening Land) classic tale of a boy torn between families and cultures makes for a compelling audio adaptation. When he was just four years old, John Cameron Butler was captured by the Lenne Lenape Indians. He has since been adopted by the Indians, who named him True Son, and has grown to love the only family he has ever known, as well as the ways of his people. But now it's 1765 and in order to make a land deal, the Lenne Lenape and other tribes have agreed to return all their captives to the white Army, including now-15-year-old True Son/John. When he arrives at the Butler home in Paxton, Pa., True Son chafes at his white family's speech, customs and clothing, acting defiant and depressed. He soon manages (with help from his cousin Half Arrow) a dangerous escape and rejoins his Indian relatives. But once back among his people, True Son commits an act of betrayal that forces the Lenne Lenape to disown him forever, leaving him a young man unsure of where he belongs. Bregy's assured, crisp delivery gives extra resonance to Richter's careful scene-setting, quickly transporting listeners to a distinct, long-ago era. Ages 10-up. (Jan.) Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.
"Rebellion, glowing vitality. . . . The spirit of the wild frontier. . . . An absorbing story, marked by Richter's uncanny skill in recapturing the atmosphere of the past." -"The New York Times Book Review ""Memorable . . . Richter tells the story with [a] glowing passion for unspoiled nature. . . . It is impossible to doubt the detailed . . . accuracy of the picture." -"New York Herald Tribune" "Good reading for anyone curious about the past of our country." -"The Yale Review"
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