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Title: A Promising Life
Subtitle: Coming of Age with America: A Novel
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Narrator: MacLeod Andrews
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-01-17
Publisher: Scholastic Audio
Genres: Teens, Ages 11-13
Publisher's Summary:
Award-winning author Emily McCully's most adventurous book to date draws a dramatic portrait of life in 19th century America. For as long as he can remember, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau has been told that a promising future lies ahead of him. After all, his mother is the great Sacagawea, who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition of discovery. And thanks to his mother, Baptiste's life changes forever when Captain Clark offers him an education in the bustling new city of St. Louis.
There, his mother charges him to "learn everything" - reading, writing, languages, mathematics. His life becomes a whirl of new experiences: lessons, duels, dances, elections. He makes friends and undertakes unexpected journeys to far-off places.
But he also witnesses the injustices Clark, as a US agent for Indian Affairs, forces upon the Osage, the Arikara, the Mandan, and so many others. He sees the effect of what some call "progress" on the land and on the people who have lived there for generations. And he must choose what path he will take and what place he will have in a rapidly changing society.
Members Reviews:
Excellent book, bringing out little known American history of ...
Excellent book, bringing out little known American history of Sacagawa's bi-racial, highly educated son in the context of 19C America AND Europe. Extremely well written and documented. I was deeply engaged by it and delighted to learn more of the intellectual history during his life time.
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Title: A Promising Life
Subtitle: Coming of Age with America: A Novel
Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Narrator: MacLeod Andrews
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-01-17
Publisher: Scholastic Audio
Genres: Teens, Ages 11-13
Publisher's Summary:
Award-winning author Emily McCully's most adventurous book to date draws a dramatic portrait of life in 19th century America. For as long as he can remember, Jean Baptiste Charbonneau has been told that a promising future lies ahead of him. After all, his mother is the great Sacagawea, who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their expedition of discovery. And thanks to his mother, Baptiste's life changes forever when Captain Clark offers him an education in the bustling new city of St. Louis.
There, his mother charges him to "learn everything" - reading, writing, languages, mathematics. His life becomes a whirl of new experiences: lessons, duels, dances, elections. He makes friends and undertakes unexpected journeys to far-off places.
But he also witnesses the injustices Clark, as a US agent for Indian Affairs, forces upon the Osage, the Arikara, the Mandan, and so many others. He sees the effect of what some call "progress" on the land and on the people who have lived there for generations. And he must choose what path he will take and what place he will have in a rapidly changing society.
Members Reviews:
Excellent book, bringing out little known American history of ...
Excellent book, bringing out little known American history of Sacagawa's bi-racial, highly educated son in the context of 19C America AND Europe. Extremely well written and documented. I was deeply engaged by it and delighted to learn more of the intellectual history during his life time.