JOHNNY TREMAIN : A STORY OF BOSTON IN REVOLT; With Illustrations by Lynd Ward
by Forbes, Esther
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good / Good
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Mass: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1943. Hardcover. Very Good / Good. Lynd Ward. Octavo, 8.3 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 256. Burnt-orange cloth boards with black title and horse rider scene stamped in black to front. Black title to spine. Rubbing to edges, and sunning to top edge. Colorful map endpapers. Light age-toning to pages. Several closed tears and chips to dustjacket edges and corners. Sunning to spine. Protected in mylar. Winner of the Newbery Award for Best Children's book in 1944. "To read 'Johnny Tremain' is to live through two dramatic years of our country's history, and to see these great events from a new angle through the shrewd eyes of an observant boy."
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
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87360
- Title
- JOHNNY TREMAIN : A STORY OF BOSTON IN REVOLT; With Illustrations by Lynd Ward
- Author
- Forbes, Esther
- Illustrator
- Lynd Ward
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good / Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Mass
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Americana, Revolutionary War, Boston Tea Party
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- New
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- Rubbing
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- Octavo
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