- Paperback
- Publisher: Syracuse University Press
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0815604572
- ISBN-13: 978-0815604570
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.1 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 635 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
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Gilbert Martin and his new bride Lana, pioneers in the Mohawk Valley, live and protect their land through weather disasters, love and hate and Indian attacks.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Drums Along the Mohawk-,
By An 8th Grader from Michigan (East Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drums Along the Mohawk (Library Binding)
Drums Along the Mohawk is the story of families in the Mohawk River valley that cope with Indian and British attacks on their homes and families. Many of these people fight for the American cause and are very serious about it. This is a different perspective, the fighting on the frontier. It may be hard to find, but it is worth the effort for a challenging and emotional book. The characters and their jobs, no matter how minor they are, come to life in one of the best books I have read about the American Revolution from a Patriot point-of-view. I would strongly suggest this book for a history or war reader and an advance reader.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting story, disturbing themes.,
By Elsie Wilson (Aberystwyth, Cymru) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drums Along the Mohawk (Library Binding)
Took me longer to read than most books of comparable size (three weeks, only c.600pp), don't really know why ~ not any fault of the book, i think. This is the story of some of the settlers along the Mohawk River (New York colony, near Albany), during the time of the American Revolution. Edmonds does a wonderful job of making his reader understand the difficulties of the time, including particularly the destructive effects of living during a time of war. Yearly there is the heartbreak of having sown seed, grown hay, harvested crops, only to have them destroyed by Indians and British troops based in Niagara; on top of that, of course, is the fear of whether you will make it through the day with your scalp intact. The reader understands the horror of living in the primitive forts, crowded into a tiny space, for weeks at a time, for protection from those roving bands of Destructives. Curious it is that Edmonds finds his theme appropriate for when he was writing (the mid 1930's); much more appropriate today is the theme of having to rebel against a distant power which desires to rule at all costs, and the struggle to make a success of the neglect of the duly constituted authorities ~ except that today (as opposed to the Revolutionary times) both powers are one and the same: the three branched government the Revolution's struggles pictured here were to result in. O irony.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Riveting story based on fact.,
By "lwandapang" (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Drums Along the Mohawk (Library Binding)
This is historical fiction at its best. I like the book even better than the old Henry Fonda movie. Edmonds did his research and wrote plausible scenes that have in them the breath of real life.
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