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Griffin, Kitty

The Ride: The Legend of Betsy Dowdy

40 pp. | Atheneum | August, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-2816-4 $16.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Marjorie Priceman. Griffin describes how in 1775 a sixteen-year-old North Carolina horsewoman took the ride of her life to warn of the Redcoats' approach. Priceman's expressively angular, bold-hued gouache and ink paintings accentuate the urgency of Betsy's mission. An author's note tells more about the folkloric figure: "It cannot be proved that Betsy Dowdy really existed, but her legend lives on."
Reviewer: Rita Soltan

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