Tuesday, October 10, 2017

The Good Fight: The Feuds of the Founding Fathers - OPTIONAL

Quirk, Anne  The Good Fight: The Feuds of the Founding Fathers, 102 pgs.  Illustrated by Elizabeth Baddeley  Alfred A. Knopf, 2017.  $16.99  Content: Language: G; Violence: PG; Mature Content: G.  

Four different conflicts involving some of the Founding Fathers are explained in four different chapters. George Washington vs. King George III and the Revolutionary War; Benjamin Franklin and his son William Franklin; Alexander Hamilton vs. many different situations in history; and John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson.  Some conflicts are well known, such as the Revolutionary War, but the conflict between Benjamin Franklin and his son was interesting and not well known. 

I enjoyed these simplified glimpses into history.  There are cartoon-ish illustrations throughout that help tell the story.  Although this is a simple telling and is interesting, students will need to have a bit of background history to understand making it upper elementary.  Each chapter can stand on it's own.

EL – OPTIONAL.  Reviewer, C. Peterson.

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