by Sandra Brennan
synopsis
In this heart-tugging musical, a Southern boy loses his parents during the Civil War and is forcibly wrenched away from his beloved mammy and sent to New York to live with his Yankee grandma. At first the family resents the rebel upstart, but soon he charms them into loving him with his singing ability. The story is also called Rainbow on the River.
characteristics
- Survival
- Family
- Survivor
- Songwriting
- Songwriter
- Orphan
- Cross-cultural-relations
- Grandmother
- Civil-War [US]
