tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post115657204314256381..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: Review of the Day: Blood On the Riverfusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1156895482695278422006-08-29T19:51:00.000-04:002006-08-29T19:51:00.000-04:00Hmmm.. also interesting point. All right then. T...Hmmm.. also interesting point. All right then. The review stays as it is. Thanks for the note on the upcoming Cooper book too. I'll keep an eye out for it.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1156766115199633552006-08-28T07:55:00.000-04:002006-08-28T07:55:00.000-04:00I'm more of a big-idea person than a historical-de...I'm more of a big-idea person than a historical-details person. What I like best about this book is that it clearly shows that the early settlers had to undergo a fundamental paradigm shift in order to survive: cooperation and democratization were mandatory. No one could be too rich or too important to do his share of the work. I think it's incredibly valuable for kids to understand what made America different from England. Understanding that attitude shift makes the passion of the American Revolution so much more believable.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1156737686981763252006-08-28T00:01:00.000-04:002006-08-28T00:01:00.000-04:00I have also done research about James Towne and so...I have also done research about James Towne and something that comes up over and over again is how Pocahontas (and probably other local Native American children) came to James Towne with their parents bringing food -- and turned cartwheels. The minister seems to have been the person most upset that they were mostly naked. However, since the groups also included warriors, the settlers didn't dare lay a hand on the Native children.<BR/><BR/>Loved Elisa's book, by the way. Very accurate<BR/> Keep your eye out for Michael L. Cooper's nonfiction book too -- Jamestown, 1607 (Hardcover -- Holiday House - Oct 23, 2006)<BR/><BR/>librarian, writer, grandmotherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1156629184603742342006-08-26T17:53:00.000-04:002006-08-26T17:53:00.000-04:00The writing in and of itself was done particularly...The writing in and of itself was done particularly well, to my mind. My main concern was with her choice of taking the colonists word over that of the Native Americans, simply because they left a written record and the natives didn't. As you yourself have pointed out, maybe this period of time would do better as a nonfiction work. Hrm. Rethinking final paragraph of review...fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-1156620606400395022006-08-26T15:30:00.000-04:002006-08-26T15:30:00.000-04:00Sorry, Betsy, but your review activated my frequen...Sorry, Betsy, but your review activated my frequent queasiness with historical fiction. You write, "... it’s a fine history and a well-made historical novel for the young ‘uns." What makes it fine history? The research? What makes it a well-made work of fiction? The storytelling? This is such a difficult, difficult piece of history that it seems better served as nonfiction. <BR/><BR/>MonicaMonica Edingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03924540264341924291noreply@blogger.com