Hide, Clyde! [Danish]

By Russel Benfanti

Book Overview

I de forgyldte rtier efter borgerkrigen steg familien Maxwell fra beskedne k r til tinderne af amerikansk magt. Kanalguld f lger J. Rogers Maxwell - iv rks tter, kapsejler og vision r - mens han navigerer gennem den forgyldte tidsalders lumske str mme: guldpanikken i 1869, finanskrakket i 1873, den hensynsl se konkurrence i kul- og jernbaneindustrien og selskabslivets pragt ved New York Yacht Clubs kapsejladser p Long Island Sound.

Med udgangspunkt i den sande historie om Maxwell-familien fra Glen Cove p Long Island bringer forfatteren David B. Maxwell - J. Rogers' oldebarn - indg ende kendskab og omhyggelig research til denne storsl ede saga. Til dels familiekr nike, til dels amerikansk epos viser Kanalguld, hvordan rgerrighed, karakter og et strejf af held grundlagde et af den forgyldte tidsalders mest bem rkelsesv rdige dynastier.

Historisk fiktion blander opdigtede personer med virkelige begivenheder og mennesker. I KANALGULD giver de fiktive elementer bogen dramatik og forbindelse til tidens fremtr dende skikkelser. Den m man l se. -Malcolm Mackay

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Danish
• ISBN: 1590190475
• ISBN13: 9781590190470
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Brick Tower Press
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 10.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

It's just how you do it.

At first glance I was not very impressed with this but I gave it a chance. My three-year-old twin girls kept asking for it--every night. Yes, one reviewer said the rhyme scheme seems forced. You can't let yourself force it to fit; an equal number of syllables in each sentence is really not necessary for good rhyming. You just have to work it. The illustrations are very cohesive to my girls' taste (Pixar-ish)and the colors are VIBrant! My library book is due back in a week and I HAVE to buy this one...

Hide Clyde!

This is a really cute book about a chameleon for young children. It has rhyme and is fun and irresistable! I think it is great fun.