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The madman of Piney Woods

Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.

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Main Author: Curtis, Christopher Paul (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scholastic Press, 2014.
Edition:First edition.
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Blacks > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Irish > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
Post-traumatic stress disorder > Juvenile fiction.
Freedmen > Juvenile fiction.
Veterans > Juvenile fiction.
Immigrants > Canada > Juvenile fiction.
North Buxton (Ont.) > Juvenile fiction.
Chatham (Ont.) > Juvenile fiction.
Canada > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Even though it is now 1901, the people of Buxton, Canada (originally a settlement of runaway slaves) and Chatham, Canada are still haunted by two events of half a century before--the American Civil War, and the Irish potato famine, and the lasting damage those events caused to the survivors.
Item Description:Companion book to: Elijah of Buxton.
Physical Description:363 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780545156646 (hardcover)
0545156645 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Newbery Medal-winning children's book author Christopher Paul Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan on May 10, 1953 and graduated from The University of Michigan. While there he won the Avery and Jules Hopwood Prizes for poetry and a draft of one of his early books. Curtis spent thirteen years on an assembly line hanging car doors.

His story The Watsons Go to Birmingham-1963 received a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and Bud, Not Buddy became the first novel to win both of these awards. Elijah of Buxton received the 2008 Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, the Coretta Scott King Award, and a Newbery Honor. Curtis also won the 2009 Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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