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Publisher: Five Star Legends, a division of Five Star Publications, Inc.
Price: $15.95 / Historical Fiction
Size: 6" x 9"
ISBN: 978-1-58985-050-7
Website: www.LukeandJennyBooks.com
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WHAT IS THIS BOOK ABOUT?
The Luke and Jenny series of historical adventures bring the past vividly alive, making it exciting and real for young readers. In Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, youngsters are immediately drawn into the rugged times of the old west of the 1880s. They are right there with Luke and Jenny as they're whisked back in time allowing them to witness firsthand the events leading up to that historic showdown in the streets of Tombstone, Arizona. Along the way, Luke and Jenny learn valuable lessons that apply to their own lives. Will they have a fascinating story to tell their dad when he comes home from Iraq!
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral is an exciting journey that tells the facts of the famous confrontation when Virgil, Morgan, and Wyatt Earp, and Doc Holliday got in a shoot-out with the Clantons and the McLaurys on October 26, 1881.
WHAT MAKES THIS BOOK UNIQUE?
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Because history is too often taught as simply names and dates, many students find the information boring and difficult to absorb. But history doesn't have to be that way. History is really the story of people and what they've done. It's about studying the past in an effort to understand why people do the things they do.
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Through Luke and Jenny, young readers get to know the people of the past. It never gets boring, as Luke and Jenny are able to see people in the past but are powerless to do anything that would change the course of history. Of course, that doesn't mean they won't try! Unusual things happen throughout the book as Luke and Jenny attempt to interact with - or sometimes, try to keep out of the way of - people most of us only read about in history books.
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The book contains a detailed map of Tombstone and black-and-white photographs of many of the people mentioned in the story.
SUGGESTED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
- What prompted you to write this book?
- What did you learn in researching this book that you didn't know before?
- Where did you get the idea of having Luke and Jenny travel back in time?
- Do Luke and Jenny ever run the risk of becoming personally involved in the historical facts in the Tombstone story? Do they do anything to change the course of history?
- When you visited Tombstone, did you feel as though you'd been transported back in time to the 1880s yourself?
- When and how did your interest in Arizona's history begin?
- Some youngsters tend to think history is irrelevant to their modern-day lives. What would you say to them?
- Would you tell us about the Arizona Living History Programs?
- Have you written other books, or is this your first?
- What's next in the Luke and Jenny Historical Adventure Series?
Publisher: Five Star Legends, a division of Five Star Publications, Inc.
Price: $15.95 / Historical Fiction
Size: 6" x 9"
ISBN: 978-1-58985-050-7
Website: www.LukeandJennyBooks.com
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