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The Bloody Country (Point)

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The book began with introducing the characters in an odd way. There was a fight between the parents, Martha and Daniel, about if there nine year old son and his friend, their slave, should go out and pick berries during the war. Martha, the mom, felt it was too dangerous because the path to the berry farm was the same road the warriors would come on. Daniel felt exactly the same but felt Joe Mountain, their slave, and Ben, their son, knew the woods of that area better then any visitor. So after a few pages of fighting Daniel wins "as normal." This is the point in the book that shocked me. On the way to the berry patch the boys talk about why Joe is a slave. Though nothing comes of it now it has big deal to the outcome of the events later to come. The boys thought since Joe was half Indian that he should be a slave in the morning and free in the afternoon. The boys arrive at the berry patch soon after and start to pick berries. They got their baskets about half full and here the warriors coming. They drop their baskets and sprint the two mile run home. They made it home just fine and tell their parents what the saw. They immediately took the appropriate actions, they got food, chopped wood, and took water from their mill stream. They were now ready to survive by themselves for a few days. After the second day of being in the house the warriors come while the boys are out in the field getting more wood for the fire. The take Martha outside and right as the boys and Daniel get there they see a life changing image. One of the Indians scalped his mother. Now the boys sad, motherless, and broken hearted must go on with there lives. They continue to go in hiding and continue to wait. The next few weeks past very quickly and the mill is snowed in. Now the biggest threat for the family is if the snow melts to quickly and the broken ice coming download stream could ruin the mill and wreck all there hard work of moving from Conn. To PA. to start a mill. The next few weeks again pass quickly because of all the work they do. It is now spring time and temperature is warming up quickly and the ice is melting. They family woke up and went outside and in the split moment they step out the mill is washed away from ice coming down the river. They set up camp and survive on what they have and have the journey of moving back to Conn. and avoiding the war.

The Bloody County is a magnificent book. Sometimes it gets boring by telling to much informantion at one time, but then becomes good by picking up the story really quick.The story is based on a young boy named Ben Buck and his family that move from Connecticut to a placed called the Wyoming River Valley. The government one day comes and tell them that they have to move because another family rightfully owns this land, but the family won't leave. The next week Indians that work for the government come and scalp Ben's mother and his sister's husband. This scares the whole family and they split up. This book has its ups and downs but in the end comes out to be a pretty good book. The best part of the book is when the river floods, pulling a family and their canoe into the raging stream and then the Buck family saves them. I recommend this book to a person this book to a person that likes to read about early settlement in the U.S.

The Bloody Country by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier is a great book! It is very informative at first but as the story unfolds it becomes a great story. This story takes place during the Revolutionary War and is about the Buck Family who moves into the Wyoming Valley. The Pennsylvania government says the land rigthfully belongs to someone else. The goverment forms allainces with the Native Americans and come to kick out the Buck family and everyone else in the area. The Indians and government battle with the people in the area and Ben Buck's uncle and mom get scalped. Later they get kicked out of the valley after they rebuild their mill (it was destroyed by a flood). After they get kicked out of the valley they figure out that the land was not given to anyone and come back to reclaim they're land.
The author of this book was very good and very descriptive. He almost made me feel like I was actually there. I would reccomend this book to anyone who wants to learn about the Revolutionary War and what it felt like to live in that time period.

I give this book 4 stars because it was pretty good. The book bagan little slow, yet it had a lot of detail. The book was about a boy named Ben Buck and his family in early Pennsylvania, during the Revolutionary War. Talking about the way times were made the book move very slowly. Toward the middle of the book it picked up and the plot thickened. I could not say this book was bad, because I myself like this time period. the book was never hard to read no hard words and no extreme topics that you must read twice to get the piont. I have a little trouble reading and it isn't a hobby of mine but this book was "OK." So, I recomend that you posibly consider reading this book, but if you don't like this period, reconsider the offer and read something else.

The Bloody Country, by James Lincoln Collier and Chris Collier, is an exciting book based on a true story about a family living in Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania during and after the Revolutionary War.

Ben is a 9-year-old grist miller's son. He lives with his father and mother. He also lives with his pregnant sister, Annie, and her husband Isaac. They also have a slave who is part Indian named Joe Mountain. During an Indian raid on Wyoming Valley, Ben's mother and brother-in-law, Isaac, are murdered and scalped while trying to defend the small mill. Several years later, the valley is being controlled by the Pennamites, cruel loyalists to the King of England. Patterson, a ruthless Pennamite lawmaker, begins evicting Connecticut settlers from their Pennsylvania homes falsely claiming that the Pennamites had claimed the land. Many farmers ran into the woods to escape being illegally arrested. Meanwhile, Ben, Joe Mountain, and father, formerly from Connecticut are not only worrying about Patterson but are also concerned about the mill and what the winter rains will bring. When Patterson visits them the next spring, Ben and his family are recovering from a flood that destroyed the mill. Does Patterson succeed in his quest? Will Ben and his family prevail? Read the book to find out.

Ben is very friendly, helping his father and playing with Joe Mountain. He is the one that prevented his entire family from getting killed by Indians. He is a fair, just person who treats everyone as his equals. He tries to free Joe Mountain, his father's slave.

Father is a mill owner in Wyoming Valley where he grinds wheat into flour. Curiously, the book never says his name. He is a good father to Ben, not treating him or Joe Mountain badly, although he does not like the idea of Joe Mountain being free. He is stubborn, and wants to stay in Wyoming Valley even through floods, Indians, and corrupt lawmakers.

Annie is Ben's older sister. She is as stubborn as her father, just not as tough. Throughout the book she talks of going back to Connecticut, especially after the beginning of the book, when Indians scalped her husband, Isaac, and her mother.

Ben and his family always look on the bright side of life. They are always positive. After a flood near the end of the book, when their mill had been destroyed. Ben's father said, "Well, we should start building, because no-one and nothing is ever going to force us out of our home for long."

I would recommend this book as a quick read (book is only 181 pgs) to anyone ages 11+ because it has some (not a lot) of use of the "nigger" word and several swears. It is a good book, interesting and holds to the plot, but not the best book I have ever read. I would rate it 4 out of 5 stars and recommend it to my friends.

The Bloody Country is a great book that changed my atitude about reading. I used to hate reading class but after I read this book, I now love reading. I actually am not mad when my parents tell me to read because I kinda like it now. I think that every-one should read this book because it is action packed and it gives good information on the history of Pennsylvania.

After reading My Brother Sam is Dead, I had to get this book. The authors didn't dissappoint me with this great story and the great characters. The plot of this book is excellent and wonderfully written. I recommend this book to anyone who likes reads.

When I started this book I thought oh here we go,just another boring book. But when I started I thought wow this book is really good. All through the summer, my parents were trying to get me to read the book that I had to for school, but I wouldn't because i hated reading until now. I don't know what happened but after this book I loved reading. I highly reccomend this book because it's awsome.

Before I read this book I never read any books except for in school. Now after I read this book I always read. This book is very action packed. There are many characters I can relate to. Like Ben he's the greatest and Joe is like somebody else that I know. I recommend this book to anybody over 5th grade.

The book The Bloody Country is about a family that owns a mill. The main character Ben Meeker has a sister and a brother in-law. They live in the Wyoming Valley and the Pennamites are trying to take it away from the Connecticut people. Then one day comes a very big flood that floods the whole valley and covers half of the mountains. At the end of the book British soldiers kill the mom and the brother in-law.
People that like a good story with a little sadness and war would like this book. My favorite part of this book might be when the book was about was about to finish and his dad and mom give a whole lot of responsibility. My question on this book, The Bloody Country, was did the dad ever survive? No, the story didn't answer my question. You should read this book because it takes guts to be a real leader.