They were strong and good

By Robert Lawson  ( Viking – 1940 )

It’s a classic book with black colored drawing pictures that follow the path of one family’s journey through American history. The author interduces his forefathers and with their experiences of Caribbean storms, travel to the wharf market of New York, and fight in the Civil War. Amidst these adventures Lawson’s grandparents meet, marry and raise a family and later his parents follow the same cycle of life.

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1940年出版の黒線画で描かれた絵本である。著者の家族の歴史がアメリカの歴史の中で語られている。先代を紹介しながら、カリブ海の嵐の海や、ニューヨークの波止場の市場や、南北戦争の戦場を体験させられる。