Reviews for Sir Walter Scott

The average rating for Sir Walter Scott based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-12-19 00:00:00 Raven Sweet This memoir was cute in a quiet sort of way. As a young boy, the author was one of the children evacuated out of England during WWII and sent to live with a volunteer host family in Ohio. There, he has adventures such as having a paper route, dressing up like pilgrims and indians at school, and going to summer camp. The whole thing is very mild and apparently he was the most resilient little boy in the world because he seemed to take to his interrupted life like a fish to water. He obviously feels very fondly about his host family -- they stayed very involved with him even after his return to England -- and his story feels very much like a sincere gesture of gratitude to them. Grade: B Recommended: Only if you have a particular interest in children during the war, or possibly in Dayton, Ohio. Otherwise, the lack of anything happening will be strongly noticed. It is very sweet, but honestly, nothing happens.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-12 00:00:00 Mary Kay Parkinson Anthony Bailey was born in 1933 in England, and in 1940 was sent to Dayton, Ohio to stay for the duration of the war. He lived with a wealthy American family named Spaeth who also had a son named Tony. These books are an account of the years "TonyBailey" spent with "TonySpaeth", and his years back in England after the war. He went on to become a journalist and has lived in England and America, written for The New Yorker and done some travel books.