Frontier House
by Simon Shaw
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Author: Simon ShawCreator: Ursula Smith
Contributor: Linda Peavy
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-05
ISBN: 0743442709
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: Atria
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Book Review: Goes with the DVDs...
Summary: 5 Stars
Frontier House, the book, by Simon Shaw with Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith is the companion volume to the Frontier House series. In other words this is not a stand alone and you should at least watch the episodes once before reading the book. The book is half on the show and half on the real history of homesteaders. For example, with the chapters talking about the kids going to school they have sections dealing with teachers on the frontier and children on the frontier. Half the book, in other words, is chapters on real history, tons of it.
Also the book is slightly different than the show. The order in which events happened seems to be different and not all events in the show is covered by the book. Of course the chapters, and the television episodes, were focusing on certain topics or subjects, therefore both were very likely heavily edited. On the other hand, some events that happened were not in the series but WERE in the book and also there is a lot more information about how the show was started, interviews, behind the scenes and aftermath. It even explains just how DANGEROUS the show really was - seems there were a lot more bears running around than the TV episodes showed us.
The book itself is a lovely book with tons of photos showing the families during their daily lives but also showing the landscape and the beauty that was all around them. It truly helps you understand why some of them felt sad on leaving. Also the book has the applications from all the families, shows some of the lists of supplies and so on. For example, they show the list of clothing Nate was given and the Brook's family supplies.
Over all it is a great companion book and very well made.
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