My Brother Sam is Dead

My Brother Sam is Dead

James Lincoln Collier & Christopher Collier

War, division, ....

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Tim Meeker is the main character.

The book starts out with Tim as twelve years old, and it ends at about four years later.  He is the son of a tavern owner, trying to decide which side of the revolutionary war he is supporting.  He is the youngest of two kids.

Tim does right when he steps up to the man of the house after his father dies, and his brother runs away.

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Sam Meeker is Tim's older brother.

He is a college student finding himself on the Rebel's side during the revolutionary war.  He takes his father's gun and heads off to fight in the war, leaving his father, mother, and younger brother to fend for themselves.

Life Meeker is Tim's father.

He owns a tavern, and firmly believes that all colonist were under the authority of the King, and that no matter what he did, it was their duty to remain faithful to the King.  He truly is the head of the family, and takes no division among his family.

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In America during the Revolutionary War.

The specific place in the story is Redding, Connecticut.

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Maybe that War is a gruesome thing, and sometimes unfair, yet sometimes necessary

division, war, action,

I learned that not all that the American's did was right in the War, or as they put it, 'war turns men into beast'.

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1. Sam takes his father's gun and runs off to join the war, against his father's will, on the rebel's side.
2. On a trip to trade cattle, Tim's father is taken captive by the BRITISH, and died two months later on a prison ship.
3. Tim steps up into his father's position, and takes care of his mother.
4. Tim finds out that Sam's regiment is going to be staying a mile away, and Sam himself is going to be in with the general, in the house next to him.
5. Sam is accused of cattle thieving (which he didn't), and is shot a month later.

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It was a good book, but had quite a bit of language.

I liked in the end how Tim tried to save his brother, it showed real love.

I didn't like how it took so long for Tim to decide whether he was a Tory or a Rebel.

It was kind of confusing when it told all about like where Sam's regiment was staying, because I'm not familiar with all the different cities.

No, the story wasn't really predictable.

Extremely sad.  Sam is shot for a crime he did not do.

THE END

Ky