with every drop of blood by james lincoln collier

'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. Ages 10-up.Ĭopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. You will get an email reminder before your trial ends. Categories: Teenage Fiction 12 to 15 Years Childrens History Health &. With Every Drop of Blood A Novel of the Civil War By: James Collier, Christopher Collier Narrated by: Alston Brown Length: 4 hrs and 2 mins 4.5 (42 ratings) Try for 0.00 Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts.

The sensitive treatment of this unlikely relationship recalls Patricia Calvert's equally fine novel, Bigger. by James Lincoln Collier 01 December 1996. 1 The Colliers next wrote With Every Drop.

The Collaboration Continues After the Arabus. With Every Drop of Blood: A Novel of the Civil War. he has coauthored, Collier has written more than 100 books. When the war ends, Cush and Johnny set off toward home together, the latter observing, 'For sure it is going to be a long time before kids of slaves and kids of slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood,' but adding that staying friends is worth a try. James Lincoln Collier, Author Henry Holt & Company 15.95 (216p) ISBN 978-0-8050-2821-8. At first Johnny takes advantage of his captor's kindliness, but ultimately he becomes friends with Cush and even saves his life. Instead, he and the family's team of mules are captured by Blue Coats even worse (to him), the soldiers are black, and the youth suffers the ignominy of taking orders from a former slave his own age, Cush Turner. He has also contributed more than five hundred. But a few months after Pa's death, Johnny undertakes a dangerous mission to bring food into besieged Richmond-and maybe avenge his father's honor. James Lincoln Collier has written many books for children, including Give Dad My Best and Planet out of the Past. He promised to take care of the family and not run off to fight. When Pa is wounded in action in 1864 and comes home to die, he extracts a promise from Johnny, the book's 14-year-old narrator, to stay on their farm in Virginia and look after the family. Johnny made a promise to his father, who was wounded fighting for the South. The Collier brothers ( My Brother Sam Is Dead ) here paint a strong, affecting picture of the Civil War era, of the grueling work and privations of the home front as well the chaos and carnage of the battlefield.

With every drop of blood by james lincoln collier