TITLE: In John Garfield in territori xeiene
Authors: Jordi Cantavella
EDITORIAL : Polaris . Col • L'Odissea
lecció ISSUE: 1 st edition. May 2010
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE -
PLOT. John Garfield and his sister Martha are orphaned. They are forced to abandon everything they know and going on a long road to get home to his cousin Margaret, the only family they have left.
undertake this long journey together with Sherman until they suffer a rebel attack just after being rescued by the Cheyenne Indians, they live a host of adventures.
PERSONAL OPINION. Consider is a novel CHILDREN. It is published in Catalan. Sobor
fun and friendship in New Bedford before leaving because of the orphans, the characters grow during our reading, from the first pranks, to great adventures and territory n India, through the first love .
His journey to the West, as well as maturity gives them wisdom and understanding what they always said was evil, cruel, bloody and had to hate and fear, ie " Indians" are as a people with feet on the ground , strong values \u200b\u200band great respect , both human and animal life.
Instead, they themselves were called heroes we discover how unscrupulous bandits , selfish and little more than thugs .
All this spiced up with "war stories" seaworthy, some humor, card games, ghosts, legends ... What more could we ask for a pony?
Ultimately, we hope the following key in seafaring with pirates, treasure and battles at sea. Surely the great sea dog Sherman, or is, or know of a filibuster might be something fun and talkative.
best no doubt, are the values, the audience it is directed may not know much about the conquest of the West, or the war between Yankees and Southerners, but this is a good sweet familiarizing them with curiosity, well, it was time to find , there is rather little- any work in which the Indians were not "savages who must be civilized" and are just the most civilized , patients and recommended the entire novel.
As stated in the introduction, the author's grandparents hid in WWII an American pilot shot down in France, which remained in the house for a couple of months, at that time told the adventures his great-grandfather John Garfield's son marriage, which 11 years was very fascinated, so much so that when he had a son, Jordi Cantavella- no longer tell the adventures of John leaving also fascinated. We must be thankful that this story is not unique in oral transmission and is reflected in this book.
PERFECT
TO READ TO A LITTLE BROTHER OR NEPHEW ,
or where appropriate, for an afternoon
you fancy READ SOMETHING WITH SOFT
aftertaste WESTERN film.
+ As a curiosity, NAMES OF THE CHARACTERS:
* John Garfield (star) was a great actor of the 40's, he played (along with Lana Turner), among others, as important as characters Frank Chambers in "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and other titles time as "Sea Wolf" or "In love also dies."
* Eleanor Parker (Lenny, a childhood friend) is actually an actress from the decades 40, 50 and 60 who starred titles such as Scaramouche, Fort Bravo, with the Hill, or the well-known smiles and tears.
* Walter Brennan (the scammer) was also an actor of these times, starred in films such as Rivals, Kentucky or Rio Bravo.
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