George Johnson's War [Hardcover]

Maureen McCallum Garvie (Author), Mary T. Beaty (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 22, 2002

Young George Johnson lives an extraordinary life as the son of Sir William Johnson, one of the most powerful men in the Mohawk Valley of colonial New York, and Molly Brant, sister of Iroquois leader Joseph Brant. George’s sheltered life with his extended mixed family comes to a halt when the American War of Independence begins. His father is killed, his older brother Peter enlists, and the valley’s inhabitants struggle with their loyalties. An attack by rebels forces George and his family to seek shelter with his mother’s relatives, and the boy ends up in a Montreal boarding school. In a riveting climax, George, now 13 and back with his family, convinces his mother to let him join in a last raid on the valley where he grew up. In the process he experiences firsthand the brutality and futility of war, and struggles with what it means to be half-Mohawk. Based on meticulous research into actual people and events, this book brings to life a tumultuous time and those who lived in it, most memorably the indomitable matriarch Molly Brant.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Hardcover: 244 pages
• Publisher: Groundwood Books (March 22, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0888994656
• ISBN-13: 978-0888994653
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,941,859 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)