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"The Trojan War is ancient history. Yet, as Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman reveals, the story of the ILIAD is as current as this morning's newspaper."
The legend of the Trojan War, with its twists of tragedy and powerful portraits of human nature, has transfixed listeners and readers for thousands of years. Now Paul Fleischman retells Homer's epic poem the ILIAD—ingeniously juxtaposing each episode with newspaper clippings of modern events from the First World War through to the Gulf War—to reveal astonishing parallels between the ancient world and our own. In proud Achilles, crafty Odysseus, and lovestruck Paris, we recognize our own leaders, enemies, and next-door neighbors. In their misbegotten battles we perceive the waste of modern warfare. Enthralling storytelling as well as a penetrating look at the unending nature of war, DATELINE: TROY will leave readers with the enduring sense that history is now.
"The Trojan War is ancient history. Yet, as Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman reveals, the story of the ILIAD is as current as this morning's newspaper."
The legend of the Trojan War, with its twists of tragedy and powerful portraits of human nature, has transfixed listeners and readers for thousands of years. Now Paul Fleischman retells Homer's epic poem the ILIAD—ingeniously juxtaposing each episode with newspaper clippings of modern events from the First World War through to the Gulf War—to reveal astonishing parallels between the ancient world and our own. In proud Achilles, crafty Odysseus, and lovestruck Paris, we recognize our own leaders, enemies, and next-door neighbors. In their misbegotten battles we perceive the waste of modern warfare. Enthralling storytelling as well as a penetrating look at the unending nature of war, DATELINE: TROY will leave readers with the enduring sense that history is now.
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Paul Fleischman offers a glimpse at the Trojan War through modern day newspaper headlines. By equating such events as Agamemnon offering sacrifice to the Greeks before sailing to Troy with George Bush's declaration of a national day of prayer after sending troops to the Persian Gulf, or the massacre of the Trojans by the Greeks to the My Lai incident in Vietnam, Fleischman helps young scholars understand the myth through present-day events and attitudes. Each page of text is enhanced by a collage of newspaper clippings relating to a particular piece of the myth.
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Paul Fleischman is the author of many acclaimed books for children and young adults, including Newbery Medal-winner JOYFUL NOISE: POEMS FOR TWO VOICES, Newbery Honor Book GRAVEN IMAGES, and BULL RUN, winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for historical fiction. He observes, "Why do we study history? Because the past is who we are; it is a way of studying ourselves."
Also by Paul Fleischman:
A FATE TOTALLY WORSE THAN DEATH
Also by Paul Fleischman:
A FATE TOTALLY WORSE THAN DEATH
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- PublisherCandlewick
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1564024695
- ISBN 13 9781564024695
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages80
- IllustratorMorrow Glenn, Frankfeldt Gwen
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