Madeleine Takes Command (Living History Library)

Brill, Ethel C.

ISBN 10: 1883937175 / ISBN 13: 9781883937171

Published by Bethlehem Books, 1996

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Madeleine Takes Command (Living History Library)
• Publisher: Bethlehem Books
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1883937175
• ISBN 13: 9781883937171
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Adams, Bruce
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

Madeleine Verchère's story is based on a true account of colonial French Canada of the 1690's. Harassed by Iroquois, the Verchère family's fort must keep a continual guard. Fourteen-year-old Madeleine is left alone with two younger brothers and few others when the Indians attack. We follow the brave and determined stratagems of Madeleine and her small circle. Madeleine's youthful leadership, especially of her brothers, will win the reader's admiration.

Canada, 1692.
RL6
Of read-aloud interest ages 8-up

About the Author

Ethel Claire Brill was born on January 19, 1877 into a family already making its mark in the development of the Minnesota city of St. Paul and the wider environs of Ramsey County. Her father, William S. Brill and uncle, Hascal Russell Brill (who became a well-known and much-respected district judge), were “English” Canadians born in Quebec, Canada. Her brother William was a journalist, most remembered for his coverage of the Leech Lake Ojibwe Uprising in 1898. Ethel herself graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor of Literature degree in 1899, a noteworthy achievement for a woman of her generation. She is best known to modern readers for her exciting tale of New France, Madeleine Takes Command—the portrayal of an historical happening quite likely inspired by her own family’s roots in this area of Canada. Her other meticulously researched books, whether historical adventures or more factual accounts, all show forth a similar deep interest in the history of the Northwest—Minnesota, the Great Lakes regions of Wisconsin, Michigan, and over into the Dakotas and parts of central Canada. Miss Brill died in November, 1962, at the age of 85 in her home state of Minnesota.