Тони и вълшебната врата

by Howard Fast, Хауард Фаст, Никола Милев (Translator)

Aka Tony & the Wonderful Door
When he has just the right feeling, Tony can open the door in his New York City tenement backyard and step through to the time when the Dutch and Indians lived on Manhattan Island--but no one believes him.

Genres: Time Travel, Historical Fiction

88 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1952

About the author

Howard Fast was one of the most prolific American writers of the twentieth century. He was a bestselling author of more than eighty works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays. The son of immigrants, Fast grew up in New York City and published his first novel upon finishing high school in 1933. In 1950, his refusal to provide the United States Congress with a list of possible Communist associates earned him a three-month prison sentence. During his incarceration, Fast wrote one of his best-known novels, Spartacus (1951). Throughout his long career, Fast matched his commitment to championing social justice in his writing with a deft, lively storytelling style.

Pseudonyms: Walter Ericson, E.V. Cunningham

Reviews

[Joanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

Charming, and very different kid's book. Now that I think of it, I'll find my copy for the grandkids. Who knows how the modern child will view this gentle story.

[Toni Wyatt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A neat story about a boy living in New York who discovers that the door in his backyard can transport him back to when it was New Amsterdam.

He argues with his teacher over history, and he is branded a liar until one day he comes back with an artifact. 4 stars.

[Scott Andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

a very sweet book.

[Mckinley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun!

[Rachael · Rating 3 out of 5]

When I found out there was a 1950s kids' book about a boy who travels from 1920s New York to New Amsterdam to hang out with the Dutch and the Indians, I had to read it. It is every bit as ridiculous as I expected. It is mostly about the troubles the boy has in his present because everyone thinks he is lying and you never really see him in the colonial era and when he talks about his encounters, it is much more about the Indians than the Dutch which disappointed me. Still, I was amused for the half-hour it took me to read it, for all the wrong reasons from the POV of the author.