Rounding up stars

... one could say that Amos Fortune: Free Man is sappy, or overly religious or whitewashed, and that wouldn't be wrong, but it could serve well to spark interest in history and the shaping of our culture, and that's not a bad thing.

Amos Fortune was a real person, and Yates' research into his life story, with the help of the NH state librarian, uncovered details which might otherwise have been lost.

Copyright 1950, Newbery 1951.