The Boys' War: Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War - Hardcover

Murphy, Jim

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0899198937 ISBN 13: 9780899198934

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1990

Synopsis

First-hand accounts that include diary entries and personal letters describe the experiences of boys, sixteen years old or younger, who fought in the Civil War.

About this title

About the Author:

Jim Murphy is the author of An American Plague, which received the Sibert Medal and a Newbery Honor and was selected as a National Book Award finalist. His Clarion titles include THE BOYS' WAR and other award-winning nonfiction as well as a picture book, FERGUS AND THE NIGHT-DEMON. He lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with his family. For more information visit www.jimmurphybooks.com.

From AudioFile:

Often overlooked are the roles that boys between the ages of 10 and 15 played in the Civil War. THE BOYS' WAR provides vignettes of these experiences through excerpts from diaries and letters, which are woven into a basic history of the war. Mindful of the age of his subjects, Ed Sala reads into their memoirs all the naïveté, horror and loneliness of the war years. Daily experiences, from outfitting to drumming to fighting, are vivid. The poignancy of these moments from both Union and Confederate units will not be easily forgotten. At some point, especially with school use, the listening experience would be enriched by an opportunity to view the exceptional photographs of the book. A.R. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0899198937
• ISBN 13: 9780899198934
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128