George S. Patton: War Hero

by George E. Stanley

In this addition to the Childhood of Famous Americans series, children learn of famous war general George S. Patton’s youth.

Perfect for third and fourth grade readers, the Childhood of Famous Americans series chronicles the early years of famous American men and women with attention to the values and experiences that influenced their development.

In this edition, readers will learn about the childhood of American war hero George S. Patton who earned the nickname “Blood and Guts” during World War II. With full page illustrations and sixteen chapters outlining Patton’s growth, this book shares a fascinating fictionalized biography of a hero while reaffirming the importance of American heritage.

192 pages, Paperback

First published October 9, 2007

About the author

George Edward Stanley was born in Memphis, Texas on July 15, 1942. He received a bachelor's degree in 1965 and a master's degree in 1967 from Texas Tech University. He earned his Doctor Litterarum in African Linguistics in 1974 from the University of Port Elizabeth in South Africa. He lived all over Europe and Africa, studying and teaching foreign languages, working for the U.S. government, and writing books for young people and adults. He started writing fiction while a Fulbright professor in Chad, Central Africa, where about the only diversion he found available was listening to the BBC on his short wave radio. That led to his writing radio plays for a program called World Service Short Story. Three of his plays were eventually produced. After writing and publishing over 200 short stories in American, British, Irish, and South African magazines and linguistics articles in major international journals, he started writing books. He wrote over 100 fiction and non-fiction books for young people including The Katie Lynn Cookie Company series and the Adam Sharp series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of M. T. Coffin, Franklin W. Dixon, Laura Lee Hope, Carolyn Keene, Adam Mills, and Stuart Symons. He was a professor of African and Middle-Eastern languages and linguistics in the department of foreign languages at Cameron University. He died from a ruptured aneurysm on February 7, 2011 at the age of 68.

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this aloud to one of my kids. Book was wild. Had me thinking Patton was this cutsie boy from California. He was pampered by his father and aunt. And out of the blue some kid implies that Patton's aunt (mom's sister) and Patton's dad are having an affair. Spent the rest of the book trying to read ahead so I didn't accidentally expose my kid to something inappropriate.

And then cute little Georgie, lover of classics, excellent citizen, goes insane and allows prisoners of war to be massacred. Why? because he was dyslexic. Hmm..

[GheenGirls · Rating 5 out of 5]

Turtle: great! Return to library.

[Rosa Cline]

3 star

I have read several of these Childhood of Famous Americans books and many were written by Mr Stanley. But this one just didn't have the nice flow of the story that the others had. It seemed like this one sat and spinned it's wheels talking about the same things over and over during his growing up years then just barley in passing mentioned his wife and children; and then hurried over his military adult years in just a few pages. Yes, this is a children's book but the military career is what made Mr Patton to be who he was. So I think more should have been written about his military years. Anyhow, it was still an okay read especially if one doesn't know that much about Mr Patton. Also he was dyslexic so for children having issues with reading and writing they may find Mr Patton their hero.

[Nathaniel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't like it that much. It barely got a 2. It's really confusing at the beginning.

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is not a well written book. There are confusing parts and parts that just leave you hanging. But I didn't know anything about George Patton and now I know a little bit.

[Isaac · Rating 2 out of 5]

it was o.k.

[Caleb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Liked it