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book showing the impact of AfricanAmericans throughout history which are often left out of history books! The booked filled in a personal blank of American history detail.
It is helpful, though distressing, to understand White American's views about American Natives and Blacks at that time, A good companion book is Rhonda Blumberg's "The Incredible Journey of Lewis and Clark", The Author honors the memories of York and Sacagawea with her research and writing,
Age Range:and up
Grade Level:and up
Orbis Pictus Award Winner This book is better than a, yet I am not sure I would give it a.
Can't wait to hear what my grandchildren think about it, My scoring may change after our discussion, My only pause is thoughts are given to York that I am not sure he thought, I did learn a lot of history and now want to know more about the Lewis and Clark expedition, as well as York, Most people don't know of the man named York who joined Lewis and Clark on their adventures, This is because he was Clark's slave, There was much dispute about a slave going on this voyage but Clark had argued that York would be the best addition to his team because of his bravery and strength.
York was more than just Clark's slave he was his bodyguard and his friend, This book was a good nonfiction book in that is was full of factual language that helps give the readers and idea about what Lewis and Clark's journey may have been like.
Although most of the experiences are predicted because there are not many recorded accounts of their travels, there are also some of Lewis's journal entries that add credibility to this book.
However, I think that this nonfiction book was somewhat written like that of a textbook, It seemed somewhat dry and just presented facts, Although this makes it a credible nonfiction book, it doesnt make it very appealing for young readers, I think that this book would be beneficial for a student to use in a research project about Lewis and Clarks journey or about York, yet I dont think it would be a book that a child would pick up to read for fun.
I liked this book. It reinforced my knowledge on this subject, Did you know that an AfricanAmerican man participated in Lewis and Clark's famous expedition Working alongside free men, Clark's slave York played an important role in the journey's success.


This awardwinning book draws on extensive research to give a gripping and insightful account of York's significant contribution to this landmark historical event.
A good, clean biography that was interesting to me because I am in the middle of a "Lewis and Clark/black history" learning streak, but sadly, this book was a bit dry and factual.
I would have rated it higher if I could have considered it a living book, It was, indeed, written by one author, who I'm sure has a passion for the subject, . . the passion just didn't really show through, It was meticulously researched, though, and was a good source of information about York, I did enjoy it quite a bit,

The book I read just prior to this one is a good living book which included York in the narrative sitelinkSacajawea by Joseph Bruchac and which awoke my interest in learning more about York.
So when I spotted sitelinkYork's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An AfricanAmerican's Part in the Great Expedition at the library, I snatched it up.
I might go so far as to say that the reading of sitelinkSacajawea is a prerequisite to loving this particular book,

So, as a supplement to an interest that already exists, or for research, this is a good resource, As a starting point or a family readaloud, I would recommend something else, Blumberg, R Yorks adventures with Lewis and Clark: An AfricanAmerican part in the Great Expedition, New York: Harper Collins,

Summary:
York, an AfricanAmerican “body servant” to William Clark, was an important part of the Lewis and Clark expedition from.

Note: although the content was impressive, the presentation of the information was not,

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Curriculum Connection:
Social Studies: use with students studying the Lewis and Clark expedition this book gives a new and unique perspective of the only AfricanAmerican on the trip and is important to include when researching their journey.


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Isnt the answer just Lewis and Clark Who is York This is a perfect source that shows the flaws within our teachings in history.
This resourceful nonfiction is a biography of York, an AfricanAmerican “body servant” to William Clark, Within our almost forgotten detail of our history, York played a very important role in the “Lewis and Clark” expedition from, Arguably the main reason for its success,
Though born as a slave, in his youth, he grew up and played with Clark before officially becoming the personal guard he was known to be.
As they did almost everything together, York had grew into a tall, big, muscular black man who was an able hunter, strong swimmer, and a sturdy hiker unquestionably qualified for the risky expedition.
In, Meriwether Lewis had asked William Clark to accompany him on an extraordinary expedition and he had agreed, Though Clark was questioned on his decision for a slave to join the voyage, working alongside free men, he knew that York would be a great asset.

Throughout the book, you learn more about York during and after the expedition, There were a lot of given facts, but also told logical predictions of the experience because of the lack of recorded accounts, It was expected that the credibility came from a white mans perspective, ex Lewis and Clark's journal entries and letters, Though I had wished for anything that may have seemed from York, I find it very respectable that the author states the lack of sources for his untold story.
The book represents Yorks life as accurately as it can through the given sources and social and political state it was in thes,
Overall, I found this book to be an insightful account of Yorks significant contribution, The content was impressive, but its presentation wasnt, I could sense the book attempting to make it sound like a journal/story entry, But with the lack of personal views to attempt an unbiased view and an overall view of York with the presented facts, it had resulted into a somewhat minitextbook.
Though a great supplement to learning the expedition, I cant see young children being immersed into the book,
For social studies, grades, this would be a recommended source to keep in hand, May also be great for any older students who were only taught of Lewis and Clark, This is a large biography/historic picture book fromabout York, the personal slave of William Clark, who accompanied Lewis and Clark's company in the westward expedition of.
In it, we learn how much York's presence was advantageous in many ways, possibly to the extent that it would not have gone well without him, since he was an excellent hunter and swimmer and very strong and capable and because the natives the party came across generally looked up to York because of his dark skin, which signified by their measure that he was a great warrior.


In my classroom, I would have this book as a resource for my students to look at and refer to, especially as it relates to PNW history.
I would also refer to the book in telling my students about this man who was little known and even less celebrated, I believe he is a historical figure worthy of my students' study and admiration,
sitelinkYork's Adventures with Lewis and Clark: An AfricanAmerican's Part in the Great Expedition
sitelinkRhoda Blumberg

Yorks Adventures with Lewis and Clark by Rhonda Blumberg is about Meriwether Lewis and William Clarks Great Expedition in thes.
The book details the Expedition of Lewis and Clark through the eyes of an African American boy and slave to Clark named York, Through the eyes of York, the reader learns new information that is not necessarily covered in history classrooms in schools, York became a servant for William Clark when William was fourteen years old and York was twelve or thirteen years old, Almost twenty years later, in, the plans for the Great Expedition started to be planned between Clark

and Meriwether Lewis, The two men had to hire people to go on the excursion with them, and they were all paid, York was still a slave and so he was not paid for anything that he did, Seeing as the group of men were to be together for around two years, all of the white men around York worried about how everything would go.
Throughout the book, it is noted that York notices the differences between Americans and people of other ethnicities and backgrounds, such as Native Americans, York was also very wondrous to the Native people because they had never seen a black individual before, During the trip, York was expected to make it through all of the rough and risky situations, There was a lot of suffering during the trip, but only one man died, Even though the group managed to reach the western coast, they continued to suffer due to weather and poor equipment, They stayed on the west coast for four months before heading back to St, Louis. Along the entire trip, some Natives were very helpful and willing to feed the travelers, while others shunned them away, The group only had to fight with Natives one time when they were on their way back to St, Louis through Missouri, and only one Native was killed, Upon returning to St. Lewis almost two and a half years after the group had departed, people though that they had gotten lost and were startled but excited to see them.
During the expedition, York was able to be around white men without having to do things that slaves would normally do, like eat, sleep, and bathe in separate areas.
York experienced some shock when he continued his old lifestyle because he was considered much more inferior by society, because he was still a slave.
Eventually Clark moved to a different state, which was devastating for York because he had his family back in Kentucky where Clark had originally lived.
York was able to visit his wife even though their marriage was not considered legal because they were slaves, In, Clark freed York, but York suffered in the white mans world at the time and suffered until he died, York died unrecognized for any of his participation and accommodation during the Great Expedition with Lewis and Clark, even though he acted as a major gateway with the Native communities.

I think that this book could be extremely useful in a classroom, I was never taught about the other people on the Great Expedition besides Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea, so reading this book was a huge shock to me because kids are not taught about the other people that made the expedition so successful.
This book could be used when teaching students about the Great Expedition at any grade level, because I'm sure students will be just as surprised as I was with this new information.
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