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The "Solved" Mysteries of Harris Burdick
by
Chris Van Allsburg
Chris
Van Allsburg came across the pictures of Harris Burdick through
a friend, Peter Wenders . Apparently, Burdick presented the pictures
with their titles and captions to Wenders in hopes that Wenders
would be interested in purchasing the stories that accompanied the
illustrations. Wenders was intrigued by the pictures and asked Burdick
to submit the corresponding stories the next day. However, Wenders
never heard from Harris Burdick again, so the "true" stories
behind the pictures were never revealed.
Students
have been asked to consider one of the images, its title and its
caption and then to propose a possible story that tells what happened
before and after the corresponding image.
The images below are "thumbnail" photos. Click on the
image you have been assigned in order to get a full-sized picture.
Source:
Van Allsburg , Chris, The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston : Massachusetts (1984)
Click on a student name below
to read his/her Harris Burdick Mystery
Story. This is the students work and there will be some errors
in the student writing.
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ARCHIE
SMITH,
BOY WONDER
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UNDER
THE RUG
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A
Strange Day in July
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MISSING
IN VENICE
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ANOTHER
TIME, ANOTHER PLACE |
Uninvited
Guests
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THE
HARP
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MR.
LINDEN'S LIBRARY
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The
Seven Chairs
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The
3rd Floor Bedroom
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Just
Desert
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CAPTAIN
TORY
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OSCAR
AND ALPHONSE |
The
House on Maple Street
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