NEW! SIGNED! Grandfather's Gold Watch 1st Ed HCDJ Louise Garff Hubbard LDS Mormon

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Grandfather's Gold Watch

by Louise Garff Hubbard

Published by Shadow Mountain (1997)

FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER w DUST JACKET SIGNED x2 BY AUTHOR / ILLUSTRATOR LOUISE GARFF HUBBARD

Peter cherishes the watch his grandfather gives him before his family leaves Denmark for America, and even after losing the watch on the journey to Utah, he remembers its message...

Condition:

BRAND NEW 1st Edition Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket! The binding is tight and all pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OF FOLDS! The covers are perfect, as is the dust jacket, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled carefully and packaged securely! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking!

A Book Review:

This quiet story of hardship and determination follows Peter and his family as they leave their native Denmark and sail for America. Before they depart, Grandfather gives Peter two gifts, his name and his precious gold watch, encouraging the boy to make his name honorable and to use his time wisely. Peter experiences the adventures and perils of an ocean crossing, a train journey, and the difficult covered-wagon trek to the Salt Lake Valley. Along the way, his father dies and the watch is lost. Once they arrive at the settlement, Peter works hard and marries. Forty years later, he speaks at a state celebration. There, a man in the audience reunites him with the lost watch, which Peter then passes to his grandson with the same time-proven advice he received all those years ago. This lengthy picture book is illustrated with black-and-white pen-and-ink drawings on white backgrounds. Stippling, hatching, and fine detailing enhance the artwork but the overall result is still somber. The text captures the difficulty of the trek but remains at an emotional distance from the characters. As a supplement to units on the Westward expansion, Peter's tale will make more human this courageous endeavor but its gravity and stolidity may limit its audience.

--Carol Ann Wilson, Westfield Memorial Library, NJ

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