How the Hangman Lost His Heart
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Book Overview
What's a nice girl like Alice doing with a hangman called Dan Skinslicer?He likes a good clean killing and a hearty supper afterwards.She likes pretty dresses and riding a well-bred horse.But fate... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0802796729
ISBN13:9780802796721
Release Date:October 2007
Publisher:Walker Childrens
Length:256 Pages
Weight:1.80 lbs.
Dimensions:8.4" x 0.9" x 5.0"
Age Range:12 years and up
Grade Range:Grade 7 and higher
Customer Reviews
2 ratings
very funny
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
Grant, K. How the Hangman Lost his Heart. Walker & Company. 2006. This book is great fun to read. Alice rescues her Uncle Frank's head from a pike atop Temple Bar (London, 1746) and that effort unleashes a hilarious chain of events that will keep children chortling through to the conclusion. Dan "the Hangman" Skinslicer says to Alice after the execution, "the good news is that he (King George) only wants your uncle's head, so you'll get a whole body to take home, which is nice. Sometimes traitors are hacked into four bits, you know and sent off to different towns." After the head is stuck onto a pike, Dan tells her to "rearrange the colonel's hair. I don't expect he'd like to look a mess." By the time Alice is escaping with her uncle's head, she has involved not only Dan but also a Captain Hew Ffrench who despite the fact that he is scared of heights climbs to capture Alice as she perches on the Temple Bar egged on by the nasty leader of his Lighthorse Troop, Major Slavering. The antics go on as Dan rescues Alice and her uncle's head and they careen out of town on a horse. Vivid actions and characters and keen humor combine in this entertaining caper. Recommend to children ages, 9-12.
A sweet little book about an execution.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
What skill it takes to start with a family legend and turn it into a really good story. Especially when it's about an ancestor who was executed and the head handed down through the family for years. It's well-researched and doesn't contrive an unlikely wedding, even though the hangman does lose his heart. Very satisfying.
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