author: Matt Phelan
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2013
rating: 4
read at: 2013/08/12
date added: 2013/08/12
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
Bluffton is the story of Henry, a young boy, growing up near Bluffton, Minnesota during the early years of the 20th Century. Every year a group of Vaudeville performers would spend the summer there. Henry befriends the children of the performers, including a young Buster Keaton.
Buster's father, Joe, is hounded for including his children in his act, and it's a constant sore point. Buster is a quiet, reflective child who just wants to play baseball. Henry is enamored with the showbiz life and yearns for his summers with the vaudeville folk. The time between seasons is shown in a series of quick panels.
The story is told mainly with pictures, and not much dialogue. It's a fictional story, except that Joe Keaton did bring vaudeville folks to Bluffton every summer. Also, Buster did love to play baseball, and even played while making his movies. It's a nice coming of age story and the watercolor illustrations work well. My review copy came with black and white illustrations, and I think I may have preferred that for this story.
via Wayne's bookshelf: read http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/691218621?utm_medium=api&utm_source=rss
No comments:
Post a Comment