He Went with Christopher Columbus

He Went With

by Louise Andrews Kent, Paul Quinn (Illustrator)

A biography written especially for children of Christopher Columbus...From introduction by "Every now and then I would read a book that said Columbus was only a landlubber who happened to be lucky. I couldn't see how that could be true. I have tried in my book to tell about some of his difficulties. Probably no one has ever told them all--or ever will." Text Illustrated by Paul Quinn.

317 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1940

About the author

Louise Andrews Kent (May 25, 1886 – August 6, 1969) was an American writer. She was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, in 1886 and graduated, in 1909, from Simmons College School of Library Science, where she was president of her senior class and editor of the college paper.

She became a newspaper columnist and writer of children's literature, and also of cookbooks. She wrote a newspaper column, Theresa’s Tea Table, in the Boston Traveller under the pen name of Theresa Tempest, and later authored a series of cookbooks as Mrs. Appleyard.

Reviews

[Robyn]

My girls and I enjoyed this book as we do all the "He Went With..." books. You learn a lot about the historical figures and the times they lived within a compelling storyline and very lively characters. This book spends a lot of time on what happened on the island of Española to the Indians who were native and cruelly treated by the Europeans who came over. Much of the book does not involve Columbus directly, but you still learn about him through the various characters talking about him.

[Sylvia]

A good read, but nothing that overly excited my two middle school readers