Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story. Dieser Artikel ist nicht verfügbar.Journeys for Freedom: A New Look at America's Story

Each dynamic spread maps a factual account of real people pursuing freedom in America, from a Delaware Indian chief negotiating a peace treaty to a child surviving the rebellion aboard the slave ship, Amistad.

Grade 4–8—The authors chronicle 20 journeys, the first in 1631, the last in 1988, that led their participants to escape some form of enslavement or oppression. Relying on documented fact and personal narratives whenever possible, the authors use clear but dramatic prose to describe such courageous and inspirational events as Deborah Sampson's masquerade as a soldier during the Revolutionary War, the flight of the Nez Perce, the revolt on the Amistad, César Chávez's pilgrimage to Sacramento to start the first farm workers' union, and the resettlement of the "lost boys" of the Sudan. Each event receives two pages and is accompanied by small but attractive and carefully detailed color illustrations that accurately depict both the action and the environment in which it occurred. The information is organized in such a way as to be useful for reports, but the volume will attract browsers as well. A first purchase for most collections.—Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ
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*Starred Review* Like Thomas Fleming's Everybody's Revolution (2006),although broader in scope, this lively history focuses on 20 individuals' quest for freedom across U.S. history. Some, like Roger Williams and Cesar Chavez, will be familiar, but most will not. The stories, both varied and fascinating, often go beyond the personal: the Acadians' exile from Nova Scotia, the purchase of freedom for an enslaved family, and the Mormons' trek to Utah are just some of the accounts told by eyewitnesses. Running along the bottom of each double-page spread is a pictorial map keyed to the text. The final account, dated 1988, deals with the journey of one of the lost boys of the Sudan, who is currently attending college. The authors make excellent use of primary sources and clearly indicate both actual quotes and those inferred from the record. Appended notes give more detail. As powerful as it is useful. GraceAnne DeCandido
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