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William O. Steele (1917–1979)

Autor(a) de The Perilous Road

46+ Works 2,902 Membros 12 Críticas

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Obras por William O. Steele

The Perilous Road (1958) 995 exemplares
The Story of Daniel Boone (1953) 266 exemplares
Winter Danger (1954) 181 exemplares
The Buffalo Knife (1952) 172 exemplares
The Far Frontier (1959) 149 exemplares
We Were There on the Oregon Trail (1955) 136 exemplares
The Story of Leif Ericson (1954) 119 exemplares
Flaming Arrows (1813) 111 exemplares
Trail Through Danger (1600) 71 exemplares
The Man with the Silver Eyes (1795) 64 exemplares
Francis Marion: Young Swamp Fox (1954) 55 exemplares
Wilderness Journey (1953) 37 exemplares
John Sevier: Pioneer Boy (1656) 36 exemplares
The Lone Hunt (1750) 34 exemplares
Westward Adventure (1962) 32 exemplares
The Year of the Bloody Sevens (1963) 29 exemplares
Tomahawks and Trouble (1955) 25 exemplares
Daniel Boone's Echo (1957) 23 exemplares
Andy Jackson's Water Well (1959) 20 exemplares
Tomahawk Border (1966) 18 exemplares
Davy Crockett's Earthquake (1956) 15 exemplares
Wayah of the Real People (1964) 14 exemplares
De Soto: Child of the Sun (1956) 14 exemplares
Over-Mountain Boy (1952) 13 exemplares
The War Party (1978) 12 exemplares
The No-Name Man of the Mountain (1964) 10 exemplares
John's Secret Treasure (1975) 9 exemplares
The Eye in the Forest (1975) 9 exemplares
The Cherokee Crown of Tannassy (1977) 8 exemplares
The Magic Amulet (1979) 7 exemplares
The Golden Root (1951) 5 exemplares
The Spooky Thing (1960) 4 exemplares
Hound Dog Zip to the Rescue (1970) 3 exemplares
The Life of Leif Ericson (1954) 3 exemplares
Leif Ericson 2 exemplares

Associated Works

Spooks, Spooks, Spooks (1966) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1917-12-22
Data de falecimento
1979
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Franklin, Tennessee, USA
Locais de residência
Signal Mountain, Tennessee, USA
Educação
Cumberland University
Ocupações
author
Relações
Steele, Mary Quintard (wife)
Organizações
United States Army
Prémios e menções honrosas
Newbery Honor Medal 1959
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

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Chris Brabson is full of hate. He hates the Yankee soldiers who are camping in his beloved Tennessee woods; he hates their snotty Northern ways and their belief that they know what's best for the South; he hates that they've taken all of his family's food to feed their own troops.

And he hates that his own brother has joined the Union side of the war when, to Chris, it is clear that the Confederacy is the side to fight for.

When his hatred proves more powerful than good sense, Chris spies for the Confederates, revealing that a Union wagon train is camped in a valley near his home - and his brother is probably in that train. Caught in the bitter battle at dawn, Chris discovers that in war, nothing is clear-cut - good and bad are equally laid to waste by the horrors of the battlefield.… (mais)
 
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PlumfieldCH | 7 outras críticas | Dec 27, 2023 |
My brothers love survival stories, so when I picked this book up off the shelf recently, I guessed they’d probably love it. Sure enough—they did! I can’t say as it was my favorite read ever—I found the adventure and danger a little much at times—but overall, it was an interesting read. And it made for a good read-aloud! The part I found most interesting was the description of the hard winter. I don’t know that I’ve ever read about a winter this difficult—I had to wonder if it was based on fact, or was just the author’s vivid imagination. If you have children who enjoy adventure stories, and like danger, this could be a good choice.

CW: A description of a man who was brutally killed at the beginning of ch. 3. I skipped a paragraph or two here when reading aloud.
… (mais)
 
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EstherFilbrun | Jun 20, 2023 |
This story is set during the civil war period.It shows us the perspective of the young boy chris .The story starts with him hating the Yankees and then change in his perspective.And the end, he realizes that they are not very bad people. It has few twists and is a quick and light read.
 
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manogna_thumukunta | 7 outras críticas | Jun 5, 2020 |
Follows a young boy in Tennessee through 2-3 days during the Civil War, and during his own crisis of conviction. Nicely written; this one would be an excellent middle grade read under the 'conflicts are not all black-and-white' type umbrella.
 
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electrascaife | 7 outras críticas | Sep 2, 2016 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
46
Also by
1
Membros
2,902
Popularidade
#8,827
Avaliação
½ 3.7
Críticas
12
ISBN
80
Línguas
2

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