A Dangerous Promise简介，目录书摘

2020-02-24 14:58 来源：京东作者：京东

内容简介:Fans of the Orphan Train Quartet will be delighted that Nixon is continuing the story of the Kelly family in a new series, the Orphan Train Adventures. In 1861, 12-year-old Mike Kelly and his friend Todd Blakely run away and join the Second Kansas Infantry. They're too young to fight, but they're old enough to be drummers and are convinced the Union forces need them. Their first engagement, the Battle of Wilson's Creek, is a bloody rout. Todd is fatally wounded, and Mike is left for dead. Rescued by a rebel soldier who's a friend from the Orphan Train, Mike is tended by a sympathetic family. Before he can rejoin his unit, however, he must make his way back through enemy territory and fulfill a promise made to Todd. Nixon's story is an action-packed, realistic adventure. Through Mike's eyes, readers view the alternating boredom and sheer terror of war, the effects of war on civilians, and the factors that divided families as well as the country. There's also a tantalizing hint about what Kelly faces in the next adventure.

作者简介:

Joan Lowery Nixon (February 3, 1927–June 28, 2003) was an American journalist and author, specializing in historical fiction and mysteries for children and young adults.

Joan Lowery Nixon was born on February 3, 1927 in Los Angeles. She received a degree in journalism from the University of Southern California in 1947. It was at USC where she met her husband, Hershel, a naval officer and geologist. At USC she was a member of Kappa Delta, and has received their highest honor.She sold her books for time at various schools in L.A. before becoming a full-time writer. Her son Joe Nixon was a representative in the Texas House. She died of pancreatic cancer in Houston, Texas on June 28, 2003. Joan, Hershel, and her children lived in Corpus Christi before finally settling in the Memorial and Tanglewood area of Houston, Texas.

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