tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7200804120645150249..comments2024-03-14T13:25:20.613-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Johnny Tremain’s Path to PublicationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-2969922958909055772009-12-20T11:12:21.302-05:002009-12-20T11:12:21.302-05:00The book was graet. I'm doing it for a book re...The book was graet. I'm doing it for a book report.Carlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-68589724165546640972009-09-22T00:44:25.192-05:002009-09-22T00:44:25.192-05:00A favorite book as a child and the first book I re...A favorite book as a child and the first book I read to my children when they were in 5th grade. When we visited Boston, I paid far too much for a tour just because it was called the "Johnny Tremain" tour. Thank you for some of the back story to the book.Kimhttp://www.bookstorepeople.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-17827916368344245532009-09-11T21:32:16.940-05:002009-09-11T21:32:16.940-05:00This actually was very enlightening for me--like m...This actually was very enlightening for me--like many former grade-school students, I read Johnny Tremain, and it was a fabulous read. However, I didn't know very much about the author or how when it was written affected the plot and the tone of the story.pilgrimchickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13808106043964544413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-73339187921438047222009-09-11T18:44:44.260-05:002009-09-11T18:44:44.260-05:00Few writers, if any, have matched Forbes’s back-to...Few writers, if any, have matched Forbes’s back-to-back Pulitzer and Newbery winners, DAG. Wouldn’t mind having her career at all.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-27316483220188928382009-09-11T18:43:13.774-05:002009-09-11T18:43:13.774-05:00Linda! I recall you grew up here in Johnny Tremain...Linda! I recall you grew up here in <i>Johnny Tremain</i> territory, but I wonder how the novel speaks (if at all) to kids from other countries. <br /><br />York’s article notes that the book was published in Britain during World War 2, even though Johnny and his friends are fighting the British government. I think in that regard it’s significant that the book presents several British individuals—especially the luckless soldier Pumpkin—as sympathetic, and that Johnny is also part French. All the western Allies together! <br /><br />Is there an equivalent to <i>Johnny Tremain</i> in other nations?J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-67675981010293617082009-09-11T16:08:39.637-05:002009-09-11T16:08:39.637-05:00I was not aware that Esther Forbes had written &qu...I was not aware that Esther Forbes had written "Johnny Tremain" although I must admit that has a child I loved the Disney version. In fact I could say it helped give me a hankering for history.<br /><br />I have read Ms. Forbes "Paul Revere and the world he lived in" and enjoyed it. I had felt that it read more like a novel and had wondered about it's accuracy.<br /><br />Nice post, love this blog.DAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14685772539702013751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-32710683138509646922009-09-11T15:36:53.834-05:002009-09-11T15:36:53.834-05:00Hi John,
"Johnny Tremain" is one of my c...Hi John,<br />"Johnny Tremain" is one of my childhood favorites--because of the sense of place. I'm enjoying your children's book discussion here. Linda G. in TorontoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com