内容简介
WhenSmallWolfencounterssettlersontheIslandofHills,nowknownasManhattan,helearnsthattheirideasaboutowninglandaremuchdifferentfromhis.Astimelyaswhenitwasfirstpublishedin1972,thispoignantstoryabouttheimpactofEuropeansettlersonNativeAmericanpeopleisevenmoredramaticinthisnewfullcoloredition.
作者简介
NathanielBenchley(November13,1915–December14,1981)wasanAmericanauthor.BorninNewton,Massachusettstoaliteraryfamily,hewasthesonofGertrudeDarlingandRobertBenchley(1889-1945),thenotedAmericanwriter,humorist,critic,actor,andoneofthefoundersoftheAlgonquinRoundTableinNewYorkCity.NathanielBenchleywasthehighly-respectedauthorofmanychildren's/juvenilebooksthatprovidedlearningfortheyouthfulreaderswithstoriesofvariousanimalsorthroughthebook'shistoricalsettings.Benchleydealtwithdiverselocalesandtopicssuchas"BrightCandles",whichrecountstheexperiencesofa16-year-oldDanishboyduringtheGermanoccupationofhiscountryinWorldWarII;and"SmallWolf",astoryaboutaNativeAmericanboywhomeetswhitemenontheislandofManhattanandlearnsthattheirideasaboutlandaredifferentfromthoseofhisownpeoples'.Filmdirector/producer,NormanJewisonmadeBenchley's1961novelTheOff-IslandersintoamotionpicturetitledTheRussiansAreComing,theRussiansAreComingforwhichhereceivedthenominationforanAcademyAwardforWritingAdaptedScreenplay.HewasaclosefriendofactorHumphreyBogartandwrotehisbiographyin1975.Benchley'snovelWelcometoXanaduwasmadeintothe1975motionpictureSweetHostage.Hiselderson,PeterBenchley(1940-2006),wasawriterbestknownforwritingthenovelJawsandthescreenplayofthe1975StevenSpielbergfilmmadefromit.Hisyoungerson,NatBenchley,isawriterandactorwhohasportrayedhisgrandfather,RobertBenchley,inaone-man,semi-biographicalstageshow,"BenchleyDespiteHimself".TheshowwasacompilationofRobertBenchley'sbestmonologues,shortfilms,radiorantingsandpithypiecesasrecalled,edited,andactedbyhisgrandsonNat,andcombinedwithfamilyreminiscencesandfriends'perspectives."NathanielBenchleydiedin1981inBoston,MassachusettsandwasinterredinthefamilyplotatProspectHillCemeteryinNantucket.
