![]() ![]() There’s always the chance that the story you found moving and engrossing back then will not, for whatever reason, have withstood the test of time. There’s something emotionally vulnerable about re-visiting a book you really liked as a kid. Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes: Book Review The f irst ‘Madeira Mondays’ post is a review of one of my childhood favorite books set during the Revolutionary War: Johnny Tremain! I am also currently writing/researching a novel set during the American Revolution and recently finished a Doctorate of Fine Art looking at how creative writers access America’s eighteenth- century past. ![]() I’m not a historian, but an author and poet who is endlessly fascinated by this time period. ‘Madeira Mondays’ is a series of blog posts exploring Early American history and historical fiction. ![]()
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