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Great Episodes
Great Episodes is a series of historical novels written by Ann Rinaldi. They combine fictional and non-fictional characters to describe events in history. Series *''A Ride into Morning'' (1991), *'' A Break with Charity'' (1992), *'' The Fifth of March'' (1993), *'' Finishing Becca'' (1994), *'' The Secret of Sarah Revere'' (1995), *'' Keep Smiling Through'' (1996), *'' Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons'' (1996), *'' An Acquaintance with Darkness'' (1997), *'' Cast Two Shadows'' (1998), *''The Coffin Quilt ''The Coffin Quilt'' is a novel by Ann Rinaldi Ann Rinaldi (August 27, 1934 – July 1, 2021) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Rinaldi
Ann Rinaldi (August 27, 1934 – July 1, 2021) - Shannon Maughan. July 15, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021. was an American author. She was best known for her historical fiction, including '' In My Father's House'', '' The Last Silk Dress'', '' An Acquaintance with Darkness'', '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coffin Quilt that was first published in 2002. Set in Kentucky and West Virginia, it tells the story of the Hatfield-McCoy feud in the late 19th century through the eyes of Fanny, a young female member of the McCoy family. Choosing between family and what is right is one of the major decisions Fanny McCoy has to make. When the McCoys decide to wage a war against a rival family, the Hatfields, things start to get out of hand; four of her brothers are killed by Hatfields.
''The Coffin Quilt'' is a novel by Ann Rinaldi Ann Rinaldi (August 27, 1934 – July 1, 2021) - Shannon Maughan. July ... Plot Rinaldi tells the story of the Hatfield-McCoy feud in the late 19th century through the ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ever-After Bird
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Come Juneteenth
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An Unlikely Friendship
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Or Give Me Death
''Or Give Me Death'' () is a 2003 work of historical fiction by Ann Rinaldi based on the possibility that the famous words of Patrick Henry's " Give me Liberty or Give me Death" may have been first spoken by his dying, mentally ill wife, Sarah, whom he kept locked up in a cellar to prevent her from hurting anyone. The story is told through the eyes of his daughter, Patsy Henry. It is also told by his younger daughter, Anne Henry. Patrick Henry travels throughout the Thirteen Colonies, advocating independence from Britain. As the mother of a large family and wife of Patrick Henry succumbs to a genetic mental disorder, she is removed to a cellar prison in her own house, where she shows the power to predict future outcomes. Her family is left to cope with her absence, even as they are threatened to be torn apart by the knowledge that their middle child may have inherited their mother's disease. Summary Everything in the Patrick Henry household is fine until Sarah Henry, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Staircase (novel)
''The Staircase'' is a historical fiction novel by Ann Rinaldi. Plot summary Lizzy Ender's father dumps her at a Santa Fe convent after her mother died on the Santa Fe Trail. A Methodist, Lizzy is an outcast in the school who can't comprehend the dedication to Catholicism. She thinks the nuns who pray to Saint Joseph for help to finish their choir loft (which doesn't have a staircase) are crazy. She befriends an unemployed carpenter and suggests he build the staircase. Her classmates are furious as they were waiting for a miracle to occur. The carpenter, named Jose, proceeds to build the staircase in a matter of weeks armed with three simple tools and his faith. After building the staircase, Jose disappears and Lizzy decides to leave the convent to live with her father, who was currently living on a ranch in Texas. This story is based on the real legend of the miracle occurring at the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where an unnamed man (said to be Saint Joseph) built a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cast Two Shadows
''Cast Two Shadows'' is a historical novel by Ann Rinaldi, a part of the Great Episodes series; it is told in first-person. Plot It is 1780, in the midst of the American Revolution, in Camden, South Carolina Camden is the largest city and county seat of Kershaw County, South Carolina. The population was 7,764 in the 2020 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina, Metropolitan Statistical Area. Camden is the oldest inland city in South Caro ..., and fourteen-year-old Caroline Whitaker, her step mother Sarah and her bratty older half-sister Georgia Ann are confined to one small room of their spacious Southern plantation home. Caroline is the light-skinned daughter of the plantation's owner and a slave who has been raised by Mama Sarah. British soldiers, led by Colonel Rawdon are occupying the place. The Colonel is also courting Georgia Ann. Caroline and her Negra caretaker, who is also her grandmother, Miz Melindy, travel to get her 'almost' brother Johnny. He co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Ride Into Morning
''A Ride into Morning'' is a historical novel by Ann Rinaldi about the legend surrounding Tempe Wick, one of America's most famous heroines. It is part of the Great Episodes series. It is told in first-person narration. Summary In the midst of the American Revolution, fourteen-year-old Mary Cooper moves in with her twenty-two-year-old cousin, Tempe Wick, and Tempe's elderly mother, Mary Wick, after Mary's Tory family discovered that she was participating in the Patriot cause. Her brother, Abraham is also a Patriot soldier. Mary's cousin lives near where the American soldiers have camped for the winter. Two of Mary's young friends, David Hamilton Morris and Jeremiah Levering, are stationed here too. Mary has fallen in love with General Anthony Wayne Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Acquaintance With Darkness
''An Acquaintance with Darkness'' is a historical fiction novel by Ann Rinaldi. It is part of the Great Episodes series. It is told in first-person narration. Plot summary ''An Acquaintance with Darkness'' is the story of 14-year-old Emily Pigbush who lives with her mother in Washington, D.C., in 1865. Emily's father died during the Civil War while fighting for the Union. Now the Pigbushes' final servant, Ella May, has left because she was freed, leaving Emily to care for her mother alone. However, Emily sometimes has the help of her close friend, sixteen-year-old Annie Surratt and Annie's brother Johnny a twenty-year-old, whose mother runs the boarding house across the street. Emily's mother is near death, and Emily hopes to go live with Annie afterward her mother dies because her father has died in a battle of Charleston. Emily's mother's only wish is that Emily at all costs ''not'' live with her uncle, Dr. Valentine Bransby, after her death. Soon, Emily's mother dies after he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hang A Thousand Trees With Ribbons
''Hang a Thousand trees with Ribbons'' is a 1996 historical novel by Ann Rinaldi. The story, told in first-person narration, follows the life of Phillis Wheatley Phillis Wheatley Peters, also spelled Phyllis and Wheatly ( – December 5, 1784) was an American author who is considered the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Gates, Henry Louis, ''Trials of Phillis Wheatley: Ameri ..., the first African-American poet. The story recounts her capture by black slavers in Africa and the horrors of the Middle Passage as experienced by a woman of intelligence and artistic ability when society assumed Africans were not endowed with either. Ann Rinaldi's vivid portrayal of the first African American poet is set against the backdrop of the American War of Independence, so there is a double theme of search for liberty in the novel. 1996 American novels American historical novels Novels about American slavery Novels by Ann Rinaldi Novels set in the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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