Washington Is Burning
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- 2 hodiny čítania
Relates the experience of Paul Jennings, a slave who belonged to President Madison, as he stayed by the side of Dolley Madison as British soldiers marched toward Washington, D.C.
Autorka sa s obľubou zameriava na obyčajné deti, ktoré prežívajú vzrušujúce okamihy z americkej histórie. Prostredníctvom svojich kníh si želá, aby mladí čitatelia pochopili, že história nie je len zbierkou faktov a dátumov. Je naplnená nádejami a snami detí. Jej diela nabádajú k zamysleniu sa nad ľudským rozmerom minulosti.


Relates the experience of Paul Jennings, a slave who belonged to President Madison, as he stayed by the side of Dolley Madison as British soldiers marched toward Washington, D.C.
Brief biography of James Forten, an African American boy who participated in the Revolutionary War and was captured by the British.