A Williamsburg Household - Softcover

Anderson, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395547911 ISBN 13: 9780395547915

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1990

Synopsis

What life was really like in eighteenth-century Williamsburg is demonstrated through narration and dialogue, as we see the interdependence of blacks and whites required to run a typical colonial household.

About this title

About the Author:

George Ancona's photography has appeared in over sixty books for children, many of which he wrote and illustrated. His work has earned numerous honors, including a 1987 New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book Award and the New York Academy of Science Award. The highly acclaimed American Family Farm, an ALA Notable Book, was the first book he illustrated for Harcourt Brace.
 

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4 The front room/back room qualities of colonial life and slavery are well captured in both the story and the photographs, taken in Williamsburg, Virginia. From early morning until late in the evening Rippon, a young black slave, toils at the Wetherburn Tavern. His father is a field hand, his mother a house slave for Mr. Moody, who once also owned Rippon. Mixed in with his daily duties are some worries that Rippon has for his friend Aberdeen, who angrily rejects his slave existence. While the story is artificial, it will serve a two-fold purpose in libraries: as a recreation of the story of house slavery in an active colonial capital and as a tour guide for all of the children who will vacation in the recreated capital. Ancona's color photos, while staged, are large and clear, and reveal a wealth of information. Therese Bigelow, Hampton Public Library, Va.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0395547911
• ISBN 13: 9780395547915
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Ancona George