John Adams: Young Revolutionary

by Jan Adkins, Meryl Henderson (Illustrator)

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The Childhood of Famous Americans series, seventy years old in 2002, chronicles the early years of famous American men and women in an accessible manner. Each book is faithful in spirit to the values and experiences that influenced the person¹s development. History is fleshed out with fictionalized details, and conversations have been added to make the stories come alive to today¹s reader, but every reasonable effort has been made to make the stories consistent with the events, ethics, and character of their subjects.
These books reaffirm the importance of our American heritage. We hope you learn to love the heroes and heroines who helped shape this great country. And by doing so, we hope you also develop a lasting love for the nation that gave them the opportunity to make their dreams come true. It will do the same for you.
Happy Reading!
The Editors

Genres: Biography, History

256 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

Jan Adkins is an author, illustrator, designer, storyteller, and explainer. Most of his life he has unraveled snarls, straightened paths, and made a clearer understanding of complex and subtle matters. He has published more than 45 books, many of them non-fiction for young people. He was associate art director for National Geographic Magazine, 1980-88, researching and explaining science, medicine, technology and archaeology to its millions of readers. It was a job described by his editor-in-chief as “getting a doctorate every third month.” He taught editorial illustration at Rhode Island School of Design and at Maryland Institute College of Art. He has a regular 8 pp feature, “Getting Started In Boats,” in WoodenBoat Magazine and contributes often to several sailing magazines. He’s delighted to be a member of the iNKthink team that produces nonfictionminute.com (quick, check it out!). He’s one of the Eisterhold Associates (Kansas City, MO) designing and producing museum exhibits. A great deal of his satisfaction lies in nurturing and herding his 3 grandchildren in Gainesville, Florida, where he lives, and his 2 grandsons in Washington, DC. He walks, canoes, cycles, sails, and cooks, but his neighbors don’t know exactly what business he’s in. On Friday evenings you will often find him holding forth at an outdoor table with friends at his son-in-law’s Cypress & Grove Brewing Company, his version of Rick’s American Cafe.

Reviews

[GheenGirls · Rating 5 out of 5]

Turtle: great! Return to library.

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

After this book, I would say that I'd like to meet John Adams. I knew of his relationship with his wife from a university class study, but his childhood opened things up as from where he came.

[Jo Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoy this series. Every one of them seem to be very engaging for the child and the adult learns something as well.

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent biography on Adams for students 5-7th grades. It spends a bit too long on his childhood and crams his entire public life (and I mean entire - they don't leave out much!) into three chapters at the end, which is why I deducted a star. However, a delightful read!