Chad Hanna

by Walter D. Edmonds

En esta novela el señor Edmonds vuelve de su fuerte drama Drums Along the Mohawk a su viejo amor por el canal Erie. A este ambiente llega un circo entre cuyas atracciones está el joven Chad Hanna, que es el protagonista. De una manera que recuerda el estiro de Mark Twain cuando describe las orillas del Mississippi, se describe aquí la vida, durante las luchas esclavistas en los canales del norte de los Estados Unidos.

Genres: Historical Fiction

511 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1940

About the author

Walter Dumaux Edmonds has been a National Book Award winner and recipient of the Newbery Medal. He is the author of Bert Breen’s Barn, The Boyds of Black River, In the Hands of the Senecas, Mostly Canallers, Rome Haul, Time to Go House, and most recently the autobiographical Tales My Father Never Told, all available from Syracuse University Press.

Reviews

[Shirley · Rating 3 out of 5]

My father was in the US Navy during World War II, spending most of his days on an oil tanker that supplied fuel to destroyers, etc. From age 16 through his Navy years, he kept diaries. In them he recorded every movie he saw and every book he read - a lot! I decided to read some of those books, many no longer in print. Chad Hanna is one of the books, written in 1940. I bought a copy from Amazon. It was published in 1940 and is in excellent condition.

The story is about life in the days before automobiles, electricity, etc. Much simpler times, a little reminiscent of Tom Sawyer if Tom had been a little older. Chad Hanna joins the circus, quite a collection of characters. This is an old fashioned book, but interesting for what it is and for the characters painted by the author. I can imagine my Dad reading it in his hammock until the lights went out for the night.

[Nettle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very enjoyable. The story of Chad Hanna, who helps an escaped slave further his escape and has to skip town in a hurry. He joins the circus, falls in love and then has to save it and himself from financial ruin. A good tale. Gotta overlook the racist language a bit, but if you can get over that, it's good.

[Aporva Kala · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely, so un-american book..beats Twain...Must read. I discovered an army edition in my great grandfather's trunk and read it in fifteen days. I m repeating it. Go out and get hold of this book dear USAites and be proud of USlit..