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Any recommended reading list therefore has to be highly selective and at least somewhat. Books are a great teaching tool and these are perfect to to start a conversation with your kids about the civil rights movement. Discover the best children s american civil war era history books in best sellers. The children s book experts this list of the best kids books about slavery is sure to include a new favorite for the voracious young reader in your life. Here are panoramic views of land and sea battles, revealing vignettes that dramatize social and political issues of the period, and detailed closeups of uniforms, equipment, and locale. This is a broad library containing novels like the red badge of courage and uncle toms cabin, civil war stories by ambrose pierce, ppems from julia ward howe and emily dickison, and historical documents including the emancipation proclamation, and. Occasionally one bobs to the surface, buoyed by its originality. Books fiction and nonfiction that are about war andor take place during a time of war.
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This is a broad library containing novels like the red badge of courage and uncle tom s cabin, civil war stories by ambrose pierce, ppems from julia ward howe and emily dickison, and historical documents including the emancipation proclamation, and. All the drama of the american civil war comes vividly to life in these readytocolor scenes of key moments in that epic conflict. Throughout elementary and middle school, i gained a wealth of knowledge about the american civil war. Forty readytocolor illustrations dramatically and accurately depict historic moments, social issues and important figures in this epic conflict, including an 1860 slave auction, black leaders harriet tubman and frederick douglass, the bombardment of ft. Civil war history books page 2 shop americas national. Complete shoulder strap set of seven civil war histories printed by twains publishing house in its shortlived but impressive decade of operation, featuring grants memoirs 18856, mcclellans own story 1887, crawfords genesis of the civil war 1887, custers tenting on the plains 1889, hancocks reminiscences 1887, sheridans.
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Childrens stories, american, united states history civil war, 18611865 fiction. With the master away fighting for the king in the english civil war, the kennelman and his son are hard pressed to protect the. Civil war, an enslaved man named robert smalls was about to carry out a perilous plan of escape. Since the theme is most often studied in the upper elementary grades, lets restrict our book choices to books appropriate for that level for the most part. This is the first of three adventures in odyssey books set during the american civil war. I wrote a book about war correspondents during the civil war which i wrote for herbert. Use the list below to locate a specific specialist bookseller or book store near you. Civil war in children s literature featured subject.
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