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Civil War Days: Discover the Past with Exciting Projects, Games, Activities, and Recipes 1 review
David C. King, Cheryl Kirk Noll
Wiley, 1999
Teachers----Buy This Book!
Are you looking to enhance your students' understanding of life during the Civil War? If you want students to appreciate the daily drudgery and simplicity of this era, King offers numerous projects that are historically accurate and developmentally appropriate for the gifted to special needs ...
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Turn Homeward, Hannalee 12 reviews
Patricia Beatty
HarperTrophy, 1999
An intriguing work of historical fiction...
+ Excellent Book, But Not For Younger Readers
+ just what my child needed for class
+ Student with a review
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Behind Rebel Lines: The Incredible Story of Emma Edmonds, Civil War Spy16 reviews
Seymour Reit
Gulliver Books Paperbacks, 2001
The good Forcer
+ School Review
+ The heroing tale of a young girl taking a stand
+ A woman's extraordinary role in the civil war
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Undying Glory: The Story of the Massachusetts 54th Regiment 5 reviews
Clinton Cox
Backinprint.com, 2007
What an undying glory it is to read this book
+ GLORY I
+ Comments from a history teacher
+ war
+ war
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Hardtack & Coffee or The Unwritten Story of Army Life11 reviews
John D. Billings
Bison Books, 1993
Good laughs, good read and first-hand real history
+ Hardtack and Coffee: A Must for Teachers and Students
+ Civil War reenactors, buy this!
+ A Sympathetic and Educating Examination.
+ The Story of the Soldiers of the Civil War!
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The Red Badge of Courage 24 reviews
Stephen Crane
Prestwick House Inc., 2004
Thanks for help with my budget
+ Not the dull book you might expect
+ A very flawed classic--in no wise a masterpiece...
+ Great book. Very interesting.
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With Every Drop of Blood: A Novel of the Civil War14 reviews
James Collier
Laurel Leaf, 1996
With Every Drop of Blood Book Review
+ from an adult's perspective
+ The Ultimate Tale of Friendship
+ Good
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Civil War A to Z: A Young Person's Guide to Over 100 People, Places, and Points of Importance1 review
Norman Bolotin
Dutton Juvenile, 2002
Excellent and absorbing introduction to the Civil War
_____This is an excellent and absorbing introduction to the Civil War. Arranged alphabetically this book will be good starting point for anyone researching the Civil War. The glossary and timeline are helpful additions. _____While this book is simple to use, the information is riveting. Mention ...
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Black, Blue & Gray: African Americans In The Civil War
Jim Haskins
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1998
Four-time Coretta Scott King Honor Award winner Jim Haskins brings readers face-to-face with the African Americans who fought in the war between the states. Excerpts from letters and government documents introduce the names and places that set the stage for the war's unfolding. Vintage photographs offer a vivid look at the brave soldiers who risked their lives in the fight for human equality Ages ...
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Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War60 reviews
Sam R. Watkins
Touchstone, 2003
THE Best recollection of the Civil War I've Ever Read
+ Great Coondition
+ Great Story
+ "The Fancies of Imagination in Forgetful Reverie"
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Behind the Blue and Gray: The Soldier's Life in the Civil War (Young Reader's Hist- Civil War)2 reviews
Delia Ray
Puffin, 1996
It's not a book...it's a journey
+ AMAZING PHOTOS
After reading several adult books on the Civil War for research, I began this book by Delia Ray (I like to read children's books as well). I simply need to say that this book is excellent. Civil War reading can be very dry, but not this book. Delia Ray takes us on a soldiers journey beginning ...
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Bull Run53 reviews
Paul Fleischman
HarperTrophy, 1995
DM Bull Run Review
+ Nadia's views of the different views of Bull Run:
+ DM Bull Run Review
+ BJG's review
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The Working Life - A Civil War Doctor (The Working Life)
Michael V. Uschan
Lucent Books, 2005
More Americans died in the Civil War than in all U.S. wars from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War. Many more would have perished if not for the skill of doctors on both sides who saved thousands from death from wounds, illness, or disease.
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Soldier's Heart : Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First ...165 reviews
Gary Paulsen
Laurel Leaf, 2000
MFMS students' review
+ Original and thoguth provoking
+ hard to explain
+ Charley is a freak (i think)
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Mr. Lincoln's Drummer19 reviews
G. Clifton Wisler
Puffin, 1997
Mr. Lincoln's Drummer book review by Alex
+ Civil War Story
+ An Eye-Opener
My spirits weren't lifted when we entered the anchorage off Fort Monroe. A sea battle had taken place there recently, and the U.S.S. Cumberland, a big sailing ship, had been sunk by the rebel ironclad Merrimack. The Cumberland's masts still stuck up above the water, and a flag blew bravely from ...
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Fields of Fury: The American Civil War4 reviews
James M. McPherson
Atheneum, 2002
Enthralling
+ Fields of Fury: The American Civil War
+ A concise juvenile history of the American Civil War
+ A book everybody should read
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Civil War Ghosts9 reviews
Daniel Cohen
Scholastic Paperbacks, 1999
Civil War or Ghosts
+ Civil War Ghosts, is your attic haunted
+ Civil War Ghosts
+ civil war ghosts
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Lincoln: A Photobiography (Houghton Mifflin social studies)20 reviews
Russell Freedman
Sandpiper, 1989
A fascinating presentation on President Lincoln
+ Great book for parents too
+ Deserving of the Newbery
I'm sure that there are plenty of biographies out there on President Lincoln, but I have not seen any that give us as good a kid-friendly view on him until this one. The photos add an unparalleled personality that draws in the reader, and they truly are beautiful. The book presents a great ...
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The Last Silk Dress123 reviews
Ann Rinaldi
Laurel Leaf, 1999
Girl In Tragic Times, Wonderful
+ Great Book!
+ One of the Best Ann Rinaldi Books I have read
+ The Last Silk Dress
+ The Last Silk Dress
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The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War4 reviews
Jim Murphy
Sandpiper, 1993
Wonderful intro to young soldiers lives in the Civil War
+ The boys war
+ EXCELLENT STARTER WORK FOR THE YOUNG READER
+ Very good book
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