The Adventures of Ulysses by Bernard Evslin
The legendary adventures of the Greek king's epic journey come to life in a modern retelling of The Odyssey that's an unmitigated delight (School Library Journal). In their ten-year siege of Troy, the Greeks claim victory thanks to the cunning wit of Ulysses, King of Ithaca, who devised the infamous Trojan Horse. Now, with the epic war finally finished, Ulysses sets sail for home--but his journey will be long and arduous. Having angered Poseidon, god of the sea, Ulysses and his men are thrown off course by a raging storm and forced to wander the perilous world for another ten years. On his epic trek, Ulysses must match wits and strength with man-eating Sirens, a towering Cyclops, the witch-goddess Circe, and a slew of other deadly foes. Meanwhile, in Ithaca, his wife, Penelope, and son, Telemachus, contend with a rowdy mob of suitors who have taken over their home in an attempt to usurp the absent ruler's place.Bernard Evslin (1922-1993), a bestselling and award-winning novelist recognized for his works on Greek and other cultural mythology, was a bestselling and award-winning author. He is one of the most commonly published authors of classical mythology in the world, according to the New York Times. He attended Rutgers University and was born in New Rochelle, New York. In the late 1960s, he began writing novels and short stories after working as a dramatist, screenwriter, and documentary producer for several years. Evslin published nearly seventy books during his long career, with over thirty of them aimed towards young adults.
His best-selling Greek Myths: Heroes, Gods, and Monsters has been translated into ten languages and sold over ten million copies worldwide. In 1961, he got the National Education Association Award, and his novel Hercules won the Washington Irving Children's Book Choice Award in 1986. At the age of seventy-seven, Evslin died on Kauai, Hawaii.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780590425995 |
| ISBN 10 | 0590425994 |
| Title | The Adventures of Ulysses |
| Author | Bernard Evslin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Scholastic US |
| Year published | 1980-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 179 |
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