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Civil War: Introductory

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PICTURE BOOKS
FC  BD9   My Book of Delights: Book Nine
$   ​​The Last Brother by Trinka Noble
The illustrations are wonderful in this story of an 11 year old bugler who is concerned for his older brother who is fighting in the thick of the battle.
EASY READERS
$   ​Brave Clara Barton by Frank Murphy
Step Into Reading, Level 3
♦   $   ​Civil War Sub, the Mystery of the Hunley by Kate Jerome
Level 3
$   ​​From Slave to Soldier by Deborah Hopkinson
Ready to Read Level 3
CULTURAL
♦   $   ​​If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War by Kay Moore
What it was like to live during the years of the Civil War, 1861-1865.
HISTORY
FC   F11-280   Three Great Statesmen
FC   F11-293   The Civil War
FC   AS9   Mexican / Civil Wars
♦   $   ​Fort Sumter by Brendan January
Cornerstones of Freedom
$   ​Gettysburg: Tad Lincoln's Story  by F.N. Monjo
"Recounts the events of the Battle of Gettysburg and the dedication of the cemetery there, as seen through the eyes of Tad Lincoln."
♦   $   ​Just a Few Words, Mr. Lincoln   by Jean Fritz
A look at Lincoln and his Gettysburg Address.
♥   Our Hero: General Grant  by Josephine Pollard (1885)
Another of Josephine Pollard's one-syllable word books written for 6 to 12 year olds.  
♥   The Civil War Through the Camera  by Henry Elson (1912)
Hundreds of vivid photographs taken during the Civil War. The text is above an Elementary child's level, but this book is loaded with actual photos taken in Civil War times. 
♥   ​The Romance of Civil War  by Albert Bushnell Hart (1903)
Source material for grammar school age children.
♥   Young Folks’ History of the Civil War  by Clara Cheney (1884)
An attempt to tell the story simple enough for young people to understand. It will probably work best as a readaloud.
►  Weiss, Jim  Women in Blue or Gray​
HISTORICAL FICTION
JC   6-162   Light Bread and Apple Butter
♦   $   ​The Perilous Road  by William O. Steele
The heartbreaking, bitter view of the Civil War  through the eyes of a Tennessee mountain farm family and as experienced by Chris Brabson, whose brother is fighting for the 'wrong' side. 
♦   $   ​​We Were There at the Battle of Gettysburg by Alida Malkus
We Were There Series
CLASSICAL LITERATURE
FC   SS5   Little Men
JC   10-76   Excerpt from Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
  • ►  ♥   ​​Little Women
  • ♥   Little Men
  • ♥   Jo's Boys
  • ♥   Jack and Jill
  • ♥   Eight Cousins
  • ►  ♥   ​Rose in Bloom
  • ♥   Under the Lilacs
  • ►  ♥   ​​An Old Fashioned Girl
BIOGRAPHIES
FC   S6-43   Louisa May Alcott
FC   S6-72   U.S. Grant
FC   F9-1   Story of Ulysses S. Grant  (book)
FC   F9-239   Robert E. Lee
FC   G4-156   Clara Barton
FC   S11-313   The Girl Who Was a Loving Sister -- Louisa May Alcott
BH   11-170c   Robert E. Lee
BIOGRAPHIES
♦   $   ​Clara Barton by Augusta Stevenson
Childhood of Famous Americans Series
♦   Clara Barton, Soldier of Mercy by Mary Catherine Rose
A Discovery Biography
♦   Henry Clay, Leader in Congress by Helen Stone Peterson
A Discovery Biography
♥   Robert E. Lee, A Play and a Story by Ruth Hill
♦   Robert E. Lee, Hero of the South by Charles P. Graves
A Discovery Biography
♥   The Life of Robert E. Lee by Mary Williamson
♥   The Son of Light Horse Harry  by James Barnes (1904)
A nice readaloud for elementary age children about Robert E. Lee.
♦   $   ​The Story of Robert E. Lee by Iris Vinton
A Signature Biography
$   ​The Story of Ulysses S. Grant by Jeannette Nolan
A very good Signature Biography.
♥   The Story of Ulysses S. Grant for Young Readers  by Alma Burton (1899)
A simple life story of Grant an elementary age child can read on his own.
♥   The Story of a Great General, U. S. Grant   by Henry Elson (1899)
A good story of General Grant for a young reader.
►  ♥   The True Story of U.S. Grant by Elbridge S. Brooks
Inspiring story of a great man.
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