A review by shighley
Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution by Mara Rockliff

4.0

While I loved the idea of this book, and I enjoy learning about new things, this had me confused. I thought maybe I had skipped a page when I went from Washington sending out Ludwick to the war coming to an end. As others have said, thank goodness for the author's note. I know that I appreciate a book when it spurs me on to further research, which this one did. In particular, I enjoyed reading about the Ludwick Foundation, which continues to do wonderful things 200 years after the bakers legacy. You can read about the recent grants here: http://www.ludwickfoundation.org/grantees.htm I've even been to Philadelphia a couple of times in the last few years, and had still never heard of him. I checked this out thinking that my 8th grade history teachers might like to share it with their classes, but I don't think there was enough substance to it; yes, the aura is there, but not the facts.