Home → Book Reviews
Forgotten Bones: Uncovering a Slave Cemetary
Forgotten Bones: Uncovering a Slave Cemetary
Reviewed by: Kathy George - Gray publlic Library, Gray, Me 04039, Choose Library District
Review Date: March 29, 2017
Review
This narrative by archaeologist Lois Huey is really two stories. The first is the discovery and excavation of a 1770s slave cemetery in Albany, New York.Ms Huey walks the reader through the steps which bioarchaeologists(those who study human remains)take to secure the area, handle the bones and other artifacts, how they are studied and what can be learned about the culture.While the text is scientific, the reader has no problem understanding the process.The second story is the story of what being a slave in the north was like: where they came from, what they did day to day, how they lived and how they died. For the budding scientist, this is a book that offers a glimpse into the scientific world , for the budding historian, it offers a glimpse of the life of a slave of the north. This is history and science at its best.
Overall Book Score: excellent
About the Book
Author:
Huey, Lois Miner
Illustrator: ,
Illustration Quality: excellent
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Book Type: picture book nonfiction
Genre:
Audience: grades 4-6,grades 7-9
Binding Type: library binding
Binding Quality: excellent
ISBN: 9781467733939
Price: 30.63