Grandfather Stories

by Samuel Hopkins Adams

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0006AU540
• Release Date: January 1955
• Publisher: Random House
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Paints a picture....

I could hardly improve on the other review. Mr. Adams is incredibly skillful with the written word. My appreciation of American history, New York history, and the Erie Canal were all improved by these stories....enjoyably. This book has my unqualified recommendation, for ANYONE, but most of all for modern kids, who need the historical perspective these stories provide.

Short story collection of life in Rochester, NY in 1800s

Samuel Hopkins Adams, the author, grew up in Rochester, NY, where he was privileged to know both his grandfathers. His grandfathers Adams and Hopkins lived in the 19th Ward of Rochester during the early 1800s. They both shared stories of life in that period and what it was like to work on building "Clinton's ditch," more commonly known as the Erie Canal. This is a wonderful collection of short stories, written in a warm style, using intriguing words and expressions that arouse one's curiosity & , more often than not, had me scurrying to the dictionary for clarification as to meaning. The stories themselves are easily accessible and convey a wonderful sense of place and ambiance behind the stories. These are great stories to read aloud to 10- and 11-year-old children or even to read, curled up in bed, after a stressful day. Just the antidote the doctor ordered!