Jim Murphy (2) (1947–2022)
Autore di The Great Fire
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Sull'Autore
Jim Murphy has written more than twenty-five books for young people. In addition to the Newbery Honor, which he received for The Great Fire, he has won many other awards, including the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor. He is also the two-time winner of mostra altro both the SCBWI Golden Kite Award and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Mr. Murphy lives with his family in Maplewood, New Jersey mostra meno
Opere di Jim Murphy
An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (2003) 1,259 copie
West to a Land of Plenty: The Diary of Teresa Angelino Viscardi, New York to Idaho Territory, 1883 (1998) 1,209 copie
My Face to the Wind: The Diary of Sarah Jane Price, a Prairie Teacher, Broken Bow, Nebraska, 1881 (2001) 556 copie
Opere correlate
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2, October 1980 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Murphy, James John Patrick
- Data di nascita
- 1947
- Data di morte
- 2022-05-01
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Woodstock, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Kearny, New Jersey, USA
Maplewood, New Jersey, USA - Istruzione
- Rutgers University (Bx | English)
Radcliffe College - Attività lavorative
- children's book editor
managing editor
writer - Relazioni
- Blank, Alison (wife)
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Margaret A. Edwards Award, American Library Association (2010)
Utenti
Recensioni
This was facinating book that both described the centuries old battle against TB, but did a good job of describing the development of the medical profession.
2.5stars. Listed as geared towards grades 5-8. I can't imagine that anyone in that age group would find this entertaining. I love Robert Louis Stevenson's collection of poetry, _A Child's Garden of Verses_. So, I appreciated learning a little more about him.
This was an interesting and informative book, but could have been much better. It is a short book, only about 150 pages. But the narrative is even shorter as there are many illustrations, which are actually the best part of the book. On almost every other page is an illustration from the time period, thus reducing the prose.
The book is the story of the Yellow Fever plague in Philadelphia in 1793. Unfortunately, the medical community neither knew what caused the disease, nor how to properly cure it. Only later did they learn the disease was carried by mosquitoes.
Overall, it is not a bad book, but I wish the story had gone deeper into the daily life of the citizens of Philadelphia and how they coped with the plague, as well as some in-depth stories of those who suffered and recovered from the disease.
As I said, the illustrations are beautiful and are the best part of the book, thus I was able to give it 3 stars. As it is a very short read, I can recommend it for those interested in this subject. There is a nice index and list of sources at the end for those wishing to read further on the subject.… (altro)
The book is the story of the Yellow Fever plague in Philadelphia in 1793. Unfortunately, the medical community neither knew what caused the disease, nor how to properly cure it. Only later did they learn the disease was carried by mosquitoes.
Overall, it is not a bad book, but I wish the story had gone deeper into the daily life of the citizens of Philadelphia and how they coped with the plague, as well as some in-depth stories of those who suffered and recovered from the disease.
As I said, the illustrations are beautiful and are the best part of the book, thus I was able to give it 3 stars. As it is a very short read, I can recommend it for those interested in this subject. There is a nice index and list of sources at the end for those wishing to read further on the subject.… (altro)
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- Opere
- 41
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 10,450
- Popolarità
- #2,279
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 281
- ISBN
- 227
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 1
Apparently, drawings were heavily used in the newspapers at the time - I didn't know that. Interesting that there were photos of the Blizzard too.
Of course, forecasting was in its infancy & the weatherman of the day were looking at a scientific approach, where the farmers and seamen would have been a whole lot more knowledgeable, if the forecasters would have listened.