I found this book invaluable in developing a program to teach my third graders about the local American Indians, the Lenape. The illustrations are joyous and precise, showing how the natives dressed and lived. The books ends with directions for making an ancient children's toy, which we executed in class and had a wonderful time learning how children of long ago amused themselves. Great for in class or out.

The Winter of Red Snow, by Kristiana Gregory, is a great book about the Revolutionary War. It is easy to understand and explains much of the War. Two of the main characters are Mr. and Mrs. George Washington. Therefore, you learn a little bit about them and what they were possibly like.
         This Book is a diary of a young girl 11 years of age, named Abigail. She lives 18 miles out of Pennsylvania duringthe war. Her small town is Valley Forge. The 13 Colony's army has camped there during the harsh winter. Many end up with Small Pox or amputated hands andfeet.
         This story goes along with Abigail for six months. The army helps her life in many ways, although it can also be very frustrating and annoying. Abigail her self lives with her family. She is one of three girls, the middle one. Her mom gives birth to a baby boy on the first page of the book. Her mom although has given birth to six sons before whom all died through terrible winters. Johnny is the new sons name, and he lives through winter and grows to be healthy. Abigail's Father is a shoemaker and slaves all winter long to make shoes for the thousands of soldiers without. Abigail is closest to her sister Elisabeth who is 16. They both sew jackets with their name embroidered on the inside. The two girls eventually give the coats to a soldier to wear. Elisabeth's jacket wearer returns and falls in love with her. The women in her family receive the job of doing General Washington's laundry; because of the weekly visit to his house, they become friends with him.
         In this book, it clearly laid out the important events of this war. It explained them more clearly than the text book and made it come together. It also showed the gruesome but true facts about poor soldiers who fought this war for all Americans. This is a great book to read for a Revolutionary War experience.

This book is a must-read for all Revolutionary War fans. Anyone who likes to read accounts about our nation's past will love The Winter of Red Snow. This book is a fictional diary about Abigail Jane Stewart, an 11-year-old girl who lived at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary War. It tells of her feelings toward life, the war, the army, etc. It is a great account. While reading this book, I felt like I had traveled back in time. I felt like I was right there with Abigail. When Abigail helped Martha Washington on her walks through the army's camp, I could see, hear, and even smell the sick and dying soldiers in my mind. Abigail's vivid descriptions brought such clear, sharp pictures to my mind, it made me wish I was a painter so I could paint them. I recommend this book to anyone who likes diaries from wartimes, or just the Revolutionary War in general. It is full of detail, description, and vivid feelings and thoughts. It's a real page-turner, and is very hard to put down.

I found this book pretty exciting and captivating. The way Kristiana Gregory described the vivid weather and actions of the people was so real. You felt the cold, smelled the wonderful thanksgiving dinner,and saw the horrible sight of the poor soldiers. Let me start from the beginning, Abigail Jane Stewart is an American girl back in the days of the Revolutionary War. The army soldiers set up a camp near her house and her family provide supplies. She meets interesting people such as General George Washington himself. She has tons to worry about such as her little baby brother, the war, and the loved ones around her. Get this book to find out how she handles her obstacles in her cold, wintery, 1777 life.

The best thing about Kellerman's novels is the experience as a psychologist he brings to his writing. He creates characters who have complex motivations and surprising, often unguessable behaviors -- just like real people. This may seem an absurdly obvious compliment, but when you consider how often other writers rely on 2-dimensional, stock characters, Kellerman's gift becomes more impressive. The character of Lucy in this novel -- the girl haunted by nightmares -- is so fascinating that I continued to read, as much to learn about her mind and feelings as I did to learn about "what happened" in the mystery. Both were eminently satisfying and thought-provoking. Also, in this book, Milo Sturgis gets to add another facet to his well-drawn, sympathetic character: the unwitting crush-object of a girl who doesn't know his orientation. Kellerman keeps finding new ways to explore his characters' rich lives. The intriguing plot of this book, with its central device of recurring dreams and repressed memories, is a particular treat.

This is the fourth Alex Delaware novel I have read and it is as good as the others. Kellerman's books are extremely intelligent and well written. The novels are analytical rather than action oriented, with good, sometimes brilliant characters

I loved this book. Previously, "Bad Love" And "Private Eyes" had been favourites, but now this one in his great series has usurped both absolutely. These few books after "Private Eyes" seem to have achieved a greater maturity than some of his earlier ones, and it benefits them very well, lifting from five star great reads to ive start great books. He is [occasionally] able to create characters who seem so real and normal but have such great psychological depth that they are absolutely fantastic. In any other novel they might be dull, but because of Kellerman's probing and analytical style that become 3D and interesting.

The plot here is basically summarised thus:

Alex Delware is treating Lucy Lowell, having been referred to him by his friend Ilio Sturgis, a police Detective. Lucy was a juror in the trial of a vicious serial killer, and helped to put him away. Now, the horrid details of his killings are disturbing her, coming back to haunt her.

But, then, something far more sinister emerges during her therapy...She has been having a disturbing recurring dream - which Alex thinks is likely to have been stimulated by memories awoken by events of the trial - about a young girl, alone in the woods, a secret witness to three men disposing of the body of a young woman...

It's a cracking plot, it really is. Kellerman builds it up so that it's all very satisying. It weaves in and out of itself like a complex tapestry. The pace is absolutely perfect, and the reader is compelled to keep returning eagerly to the book after having put it down.

Delware is a good central character, and is keep nicely fresh because of the continuous movement of his personal relationship with girlriend Robin (soon, though, more than this will be required to stop him from going stale in a few books time, but, for now, he's quite quite safe).

I'd reccomend this to every lover of thrillers and crime/mystery novels. It's the best of the series so far, which means that it is absolutely excellent.

This book would be pretty cool. But, it is about Delaware! Come on guys, let's just face the facts: Delaware is possibly the worst state in the union. Sure, the first state and really important for chicken production, but after all, should we care that much?!? Speaking as a Maryland resident, we should just take it over.

I have driven through Delaware a million times and even lived there for awhile, but never knew all that Delaware had to offer. Thankfully, Mr. Milford's entertaining and well researched book provide insights into the great history and rich culture of the state. Many people look no further than Dewey or Rehoboth Beach, or perhaps just a small patch along I-95, but between DuPont, Caesar Rodney, the Chancery Court system, and the Place to be Somebody -- the state has a fullness to rival any larger neighboring states. I only hope Mr. Milford will continue compiling more books on other states that many people don't pay much attention to -- like Wisconsin and South Dakota.

This is a MUST HAVE! You won't believe all the wild stuff is in here. Packed from cover to cover with the most random (other than they're all about Delaware) and sometimes-obscure trivia you'll ever find in one place. Now what about Philadelphia Trivia...

This book, 'Moon of Two Dark Horses', by Sally M. Keehn, was a good book but with a few bad parts. This book was about two boys, Daniel and Coshmoo, who have been good friends since they were young. Daniel is American and Coshmoo is part of an Indian tribe. During the British-American war, Daniel and Coshmoo's villages begin to fight and hate each other on the influence of the British-American war. Will Coshmoo and Daniel still be best friends?
I would recommend this because it is exciting and will make the customer want to read more. This book isn't very slow, it will quickly continue on with the plot without getting 'intercepted' by over describing a small detail. Also, this book has plenty of action and rarely has just speaking or people sitting around. There is always a scene like the race, the search for two skeletons, or when the British invade and so much confusion and horror is happening in the two villages. Another recommendation for reading this book is the way it's written makes everything be clearly explained. It will not jump from plot to plot so quickly that the reader will not understand what's happening.
Some people might not like this book because it can be very predictable in most parts. For instance in the race, anyone could predict what's going to happen and who will win. In the end, there is not much surprise to what happens; it simply ends like any other movie or book without a special snap. Unfortunately, that can greatly affect the surprise in certain parts. But, concluding with all the pros and the cons, this is be an excellent book to read and is well recommended.

Crossing Boundaries

The book Moon of Two Dark Horses is about a Delaware Indian boy named Coshmoo, who is living during the Revolutionary war. He is a friend to a white boy named Daniel. His tribe is being torn between the two sides of the war. They do not know whose side to join. While the British have more supplies and can provide Coshmoo with ammunition for his beloved gun, he does not want to go to war.
This war also has an affect on his personal life. He has been friends with Daniel and does not want to loose his friendship with him.
In my opinion, this was a good book and I would probably rate it four stars. Personally, I like to read historical books so I liked this book. I also like to read books about Indians. In conclusion, I enjoyed reading this book.

As a college student, I found the book to be very well written and quite entertaining. The book was able to convey the message of strong friendship-through thick and thin. Although they had grown apart, Coshmoo and Daniel were able to remain friends until the end. The book was also able to inform the reader on a important time in the nation's history, the American Revolution. The book gave the reader two different perspectives on the Revolutionary War and supported each side with facts and opinions. This book would be a great tool to use when explaining or discussing the American Revolution to a classroom. It gives the students a creative view on historical information, and may also help the student to better understand concepts related to the Revolutionary War.

this is another fine entry in the series. it has an interesting, original and engrossing plot. it is well-written, with some fine characters. there are lots of twists, and the mystery goes a lot deeper than it at first seems...

however, there is getting to be a slight problem with this series. many of the books are about 50 pages too long, and Alex Delaware, while a very likeable protagonist, at times does tend to get rather dull...I think this series would be much more sucessfull if it were to be written in the third rather than first person. taht way we could have more than jsut AD's perspective, and it would make for slightly more varies reading. And in a series with night on 15 entries, variation is something you need.

very enjoyable book, i would reccomend to almost anyone looking for a good mystery. you don't need to have read the rest of the series, either.

towards the final detonation! A sniper has just opened fire on a school playground, creating trauma and mayhem. She was shot to death before she could claim any child casualties.

She? Yes. The mysterious woman who opened fire a propos of nothing had secrets begging to be revealed. Dr. Delaware and his sidekick Officer Sturgis travel down some seedy side streets before they unmask the sniper's identity and reason for opening fire. The attacker's father enlists the aid of the duo, requesting that they do a psychological portrait of his slain daughter. As the men delve deeper into their work, they uncover a Pandora's box of ugly secrets and are left with the question of who was REALLY a victim the day of the shooting?

On the plus side, Alex develops a new romantic partner, principal Linda Overstreet. A tough Southwesterner, she provides more class than Robin ever did. She also appears to be much brighter. She has an interesting psychological background including "cops and music." It would have been wonderful if Robin had been ushered out the door for good.

I got Time Bomb for Christmas and I could not put it down, it was so good, I would stay up late, not wanting to stop. Jonathan Kellerman is the master of psyschological thrillers. Here is a little about the story.

When Alex Delaware gets a call from his friend, LAPD homide detective, Milo Sturgis, he is asked to come down to a school which as been targeted by a sniper, and help the kids. When he gets there, he finds that the details are sketchy and all that he learns is that the sniper has been killed without hurting anyone. Milo tells him that the sniper was a girl, nonviolent, and had mental difficulties. Now, Alex has to figure out, was the sniper a killer, or just another victim?

Barth has created a comprehensive pictorial history of this major canal across the waist of New Jersey between Bordentown on the Delaware River south of Trenton and New Brunswick on the Raritan River. Together with the Morris Canal across the highlands of northern New Jersey and the Delaware and Hudson Canal, in New York, these canals were known as the Anthracite Canals. They carried numerous commodities, but especially Pennsylvania coal to New York City and northern New Jersey. Coal, iron (later steel) and railroads were the essential ingredients of the Industrial Revolution. They came together in Eastern Pennsylvania. Until railroad technology developed sufficiently-about 1850-canals brought these products to market. For more on this aspect see: Kingdom of Coal: Work Enterprise, and Ethnic Communities in the Mine Fields, by Donald L. Miller and Richard E. Sharpless, Univ of Penn Press, 1985, Philadelphia.

Unlike the Morris Canal, which required inclined planes to surmount the mountains of New Jersey, the D&R Canal followed a somewhat longer, but nearly level route. Locks were used. Water was supplied by the feeder canal that ran along the Delaware River from Bull's Island north of Stockton.

The canal was chartered in 1830 and began operations in 1834. The Camden and Amboy Railroad was chartered the same day. Initially its tracks followed the canal. The two companies soon merged and eventually were acquired by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The canal was commercially successful and carried its highest tonnage during the Civil War. The canal did not operate at night or in freezing temperatures in Winter. Mules were used to pull the canal boats along the towpath. Steam powered towboats were soon introduced. Mules were no longer used after 1914. The canal closed in 1933. It was converted to a water supply canal and a state park.

Photos in the book cover the entire length of the canal, its history (to the extent there are photos), major structures such as locks, lock keepers houses, draw bridges, etc, and major industries along the canal. A map is included of current park facilities. A brief introduction is provided to the early history of the canal. One senses that numerous details have been omitted. Drawings of key engineering designs such as canal cross section, lock gates, A Frame draw bridges, and King Post bridges would have been interesting. Only passing mention is given to a massive steel drawbridge constructed for Rt. 1 at Baker's Basin. The usual canal elevation chart is missing. No references. No index. No bibliography.

As an introduction to the canal, this book is excellent. For in depth details, you'll have to contact one of the canal organizations listed in the Acknowledgments.

I grew up along the banks of the Delaware & Raritan Canal, swimming and fishing in it, hiking along it, escaping to it from the rest of the world. As much fun as we had there, our parents told tales from the glory days of the Canal, when mules pulled barges along it, when commercial traffic was a daily activity, when it was half drained in the winter so people skated up and down its length. This book relives those glory days in wonderful photos with just enough text to make the journey absolutely enjoyable. I recommend a visit to this by-gone era, which to me is wonderful, personal history.

I grew up along the banks of the Delaware and Raritan Canal. We swam in it, fished in it, and hung out along it. As important as it was to us growing up, we were always told stories by our parents of the Canal's glory days, when mules still pulled barges, when commerce moved along it, when they drained half of it in the winter to let people skate on it. This book does a wonderful job of presenting those glory days, and the full history in marvelous old photos with just enough text to make the journey complete. All in all, a wonderful lesson in history that is very personal to me.

As a tremendous fan of Kellerman and his protagonist, child psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware, I found this book's premise to be promising - munchausen syndrome by proxy, the intentional injuring of a child by the parent(s) (or sometimes nurses) to gain attention. Although the book loses a little steam compared to his previous books, especially for those who have never met the main characters, the simple idea that a plot can be suspenseful without involving a medical examiner or a detective or a lawyer makes his books not only necessary, but instantly refreshing.

This is a chilling mystery (the twist - the protagonist is a child psychologist) about parents suspected of harming their baby. It is a completely engrossing book -- I started to read it at a world-class resort in Hawaii, and I saw very little of the resort! After finishing Devil's Waltz, I read most of the other books in the series (there are quite a few) and I already have "EYES" looking for his next one! It is brilliant to have the main character be someone OTHER than a cop or a jaded P.I.!! Having now read most of the books in the series, I am delighted by the development of all the leading characters across the years of the series. This book, I think, is still my favorite, though. Kellerman is really skillful at maintaining continuity and evolving their personalities at the same time. I strongly suggest reading the whole series. I hope Mr. Kellerman never tires of Alex Delaware (the psychologist).

Starting with the first Alex Delaware novel "When the Bough Breaks", I have read all of his thrillers in chronological order, enjoying the Delaware character development as well as the individual stories (the same applies to Stephen White's equally brilliant Alan Gregory books, by the way).

I still consider "Devil's Waltz" to be the best effort in a very good series of novels - believeable characters, interesting storylines and lots of mystery are always guaranteed when starting a Kellerman novel, but "Devil's Waltz" is the one I remember as especially tight and exciting. This book about damage inflicted on a helpless child and layer after layer of secrets within an L.A. hospital will keep you guessing right up to the final pages and is absolutely flawless.

When Dr. Alex Delaware is woken up in the middle of the night by an incoherent, frantic call from a former patient, he suspects that not all is well with the world. Things take a decided turn for the worse when said patient is found in the midst of a bloody murder scene, what appears to be one of a long series of sexually-motivated murders. Thrown into the middle of the fray by his desire to find the truth out about his patient, Dr. Delaware once again must put his experiences as psychologist and a sleuth to the test.

The third of Jonathan Kellerman's Dr. Alex Delaware novels, readers will find a cast of familiar characters amongst the throngs of the new and the suspicous. In addition to the good doctor himself, we also have the return of Detective Milo Sturgis as well as luthier and love interest Robin. The familiar characters are comforting, because the rest of the cast of characters are a frantic mess of psychological problems which leaves the reader dizzy.

I found the pacing and the character development in this book to be odd, and somewhat off. It's nothing that I can really quantify, but something didn't feel quite right throughout the work. That being said, Kellerman has once again produces a psychological thriller that is compelling and leaves a couple of bits of mystery left until the end, even for those who can unravel the threads of the tale before the denouement.

Definitely worth reading if this is your genre, though I still find Kellerman's first Alex Delaware novel (When the Bough Breaks) to be my favorite in the series thus far.

This is the third in Jonathan Kellerman's series of detective novels featuring psychologist Alex Delaware. So far, this has been a great series, and this book is no exception. I just wish that Mr. Kellerman hadn't gone into so much detail about the psychological information he presents in his book - that put me to sleep REAL fast.

This story's been done before - but never quite in this way. The plot was totally believable, although the character of Souza the lawyer wasn't - he seemed to be too pompous to be true. But Delaware does ring very true, as does his policeman buddy, Milo Sturgis.

I know that a new Alex Delaware novel has just come out - I look forward to reading it, but I prefer to read series in order, so I don't miss anything. I just hope that Kellerman de-emphasizes the research in the rest of his books. I grant that it's important, but he should know when enough is enough.

Jonathan Kellerman's may not be the most impassioned writing, or the most elegaic, elegant, beautiful, etc, but it has that one quality which all great writing should have: Intense readability.

His prose is bright and breezy, cheerful and just plain easy to read. He creates a good cast of varying characters, the development of whom could only be improved upon a slight bit.

This novel is certainly his best so far (im reading them in order) it has a complex, detailed and interesting plot, and it is packed full of interesting psychological stuff. (Although sometimes he goes too far with some of the exntensive medical explanations and words which mean squat to me.)

The plot is interested, and the book powers along at great pace. (Although ends up about 50 pages too long...) There are some great characters, and this is very good, very enjoyable book.

The main character, Amelia, is nicknamed 'Wickie" because of her work in the lighthouse and dealing with the wicks. Her gender role is very uncommon for the time period as is her political interests. Wickie's family lives at a lighthouse where her father is the assistant light keeper. Wickie takes equal shifts with her father and the head light keeper and truly enjoys her position. Her mother is very unhappy on the island away from her mother and has several physical ailments which leave her cross and quarrelsome throughout the book. Amelia is also a helper at the local school on the mainland. She is certainly a character of many strengths. She works hard, helps her family, and cares about those around her. She is a great role model for today's readers. The journal style format of the Dear America series makes it easy to read and is great for introducing this type of writing to any young student. The pictures and documents at the end of the book are helpful and lend to the information provided on that time period in America's history. Amelia's story revolves around working at the lighthouse and on the mainland, becoming active in the political views of the Civil war, and falling in love with a fellow neighbor. It is a very enjoyable book to read and I recommend it for any student studying the Civil War or that time period in America's history.

I loved this book! I have read all of the Dear America books but one, and this is one of my favorites. I liked how, the story was about the Civil War but it wasn't the main deal of discussion, I also like how they talked about the war through a different view. I learned alot about how life was on the east coast, working the lighthousesin 1861. I hope you all can get the chance to read this book.

I found this book to be one of the better of the Dear America series. All of them are well written, but very few manage to capture that, "this is a real person" feel. Some of the books read more like a "this is what is happening in the world" rather than a real diary. However, this book has an engaging character, and a real plot of her parent's seperation. Another interesting thing to note is the way that this book has many layers that were written that the main heroine doesn't neccessarily understand, such as the relationship of her uncle and the freed slave, or her grandmother and her mothers. I also enjoyed watching the relationship between her and a friend's brother grow from a friendship to something more. Overall, I would highly reccomend this book.