“The Songcatcher” by Sharyn McCrumb is not just a historical book but also a modern. It mixes modern times with the late 1700’s - early 1800’s. McCrumb is a very unique author not many authors can write with changing from past to present. I love how she can write from past to present because it is something I am familiar with and truly like. Two interesting fact about this book is that Sharyn McCrumb is a direct descent of Malcolm McCourry the main character in the past. The other fact is that McCrumb is a local author she currently lives in Montgomery county. One reason i like the author is she writes about the application which is part of my culture. This book at first isn't really an attend graber and quite frankly the first two chapters …show more content…
Malcolm was kidnapped at the tender age of 10 for years he lived,worked,and sleep at sea with the other sailors until 1759 when he went to Morristown, New Jersey. I could not even imagine the terror and the heartbreak he felt during that time. He was just taking from the place he called home and everything he ever knew.Throughout all of the years he was at sea he could only think one thing and that was what the midwife had told his mother on the day of his birth “the sea will take him”. Another very emotional part in the book is right after Malcolm was kidnapped his mother would walk the shores of the beach waiting for his body to wash up just like so many wives and mothers had before. I am personally not a wife or mother but I could not picture my life without the ones I love. However if I had to guess I would said it was almost surreal to not have her first born child with her anymore. As the years went by I would guess that her memory of him began to fade soon they were probably just mere wishes. I am still not really sure how John Walker ties into the story other than he is part of the McCourry