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Synopsis
Integrates an enjoyable children's novel with an informative account of the political and economic history of the 1890s.
Booknews
Dighe (economics, State U. of New York-Oswego) began using the popular novel in his class on US economic history as an opening to the Populism of the 1890s, but found some problems with the notion of it as a political allegory relating to the gold controversy of the time. The core of his work is a highly annotated edition of pointing out political references that readers are left to interpret as they will. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)