02348cam a2200373 i 4500 415931051 TxAuBib 20200208120000.0 180510s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018016740 9781481494618 hardcover 1481494619 hardcover TxAuBib rda Polacco, Patricia. The bravest man in the world / Patricia Polacco. First edition. New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019] New York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, [2019] 1 volume, unpaged : illustrations ; 30 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A Paula Wiseman Book.". One afternoon, Jonathan Harker Weeks didn’t feel like practicing the piano. So his grandfather decided to tell him a story to show how much of an impact music can have. When he was a child growing up poor in Ireland, his mother made sure he learned to play the fiddle, despite their challenges. After his mother passed away and he was on his own, Jonathan’s grandfather fell asleep hiding in a mail sack and was taken to a ship. When he woke up, he realized he was on the Titanic on its maiden voyage, and it was there that he met Wallace Hartley and Mrs. Weeks, a kind man and woman who took him in. Then one night, the majestic ship hit an iceberg. He and Mrs. Weeks were put on a lifeboat—and Mr. Hartley and his band bravely continued to play to calm the crew and passengers. The story of Wallace Hartley is true and he is known throughout the world as a hero. Patricia Polacco celebrates the memory and bravery of a single man who used the power of music to comfort thousands of people during a catastrophic situation. 20200208. Hartley, Wallace, 1878-1912 Juvenile fiction. Hartley, Wallace, 1878-1912 Juvenile fiction. Titanic (Steamship) Juvenile fiction. Violin Juvenile fiction. Music Juvenile fiction. Orphans Juvenile fiction. Stowaways Juvenile fiction. Shipwrecks Juvenile fiction.