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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Jeremy loves history. In fourth grade, he had learned about the early colonists to the United States. Now that he's in fifth grade, he's about to learn about the American Revolutionary War. He decides to ask his great-grandfather, who lives with his family, what he knows about the Revolutionary War. It turns out that Pop-Pop, as he's fondly called, knows quite a bit. In fact, being the expert storyteller that he is, Pop-Pop is able to bring the Revolution to life for the eager young boy. Not only that, Pop-Pop tells Jeremy about some of his ancestors who fought for American Independence.
That's certainly not unusual, considering that a good number of Americans can trace their ancestry back to the Revolutionary War. But Jeremy and his family are black. What Pop-Pop teaches Jeremy is the history of the black population's involvement in the War of Independence, not just the black slaves, but the free black people who owned land and businesses. He even shows Jeremy documents listing his ancestors' names and their involvement in the war.
Jeremy is so impressed that he can't wait to return to school on Monday and tell his teacher what he learned over the weekend. Not only will he share his story with the class and they, too, will learn about the black population's involvement and patriotism, but the young readers of Marion T. Lane's Patriots of African Descent in the Revolutionary War: Part 1 will also learn another fascinating aspect of American history. This is a wonderful story, told in the age-old art of storytelling. A good read for young and old alike, it is an outstanding, easy-to-read history lesson. Well done and nicely illustrated, too.
