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Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister volume 7
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
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Pursued as a Union spy inside Confederate territory, Corrie's desperate attempt to escape on horseback is cut short by the sound of gunfire and the excruciating pain in her back from a bullet. Mercifully, the fear and pain are quickly overtaken by darkness as the reins slip through her fingers. When Corrie slowly awakens from weeks of unconsciousness, the first face she sees belongs to Christopher Braxton, the young man who found her nearly dead...
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Follows Abraham Lincoln from his childhood to the presidency, showing how he spoke up about fairness and eventually led the country to abolish slavery.
Author
Series
Ribbons west volume 1
Language
English
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Description
A tale of the western frontier begins with the hope of a transcontinental railroad.
Author
Language
English
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Description
In Bloody Crimes, James L. Swanson—the Edgar® Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of Manhunt—brings to life two epic events of the Civil War era: the thrilling chase to apprehend Confederate president Jefferson Davis in the wake of the Lincoln assassination and the momentous 20 -day funeral that took Abraham Lincoln's body home to Springfield. A true tale full of fascinating twists and turns, and lavishly illustrated
...71) Fire by night
Author
Series
Refiner's fire volume 2
Language
English
Description
During the Civil War, wealthy Julia tries to bring meaning into her life when she falls in love with abolitionist and reverend Nathaniel, eventually serving as a nurse alongside Phoebe, who has entered the army under false pretenses.
72) Love and war
Author
Series
North and South trilogy volume 2
Language
English
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Description
Recounts the adventures of two unforgettable families--the Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina--in a land ripped apart by the Civil War.
Author
Language
English
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Description
In this brilliant biography T. J. Stiles offers a new understanding of the legendary outlaw Jesse James. Although he has often been portrayed as a Robin Hood of the old west, in this ground-breaking work Stiles places James within the context of the bloody conflicts of the Civil War to reveal a much more complicated and significant figure.
"Carries the reader scrupulously through James’s violent, violent life.... When [Stiles]…...
"Carries the reader scrupulously through James’s violent, violent life.... When [Stiles]…...
74) You wouldn't want to be a nurse during the American Civil War!: a job that's not for the squeamish
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes what it was like to be a nurse during the Civil War.
75) Sarah's ground
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
In 1861, eighteen-year-old Sarah Tracy, from New York state, comes to work at Mount Vernon, the historic Virginia home of George Washington, where she tries to protect the safety and neutrality of the site during the Civil War, and where she encounters her future husband, Upton Herbert. Includes historical notes.
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Language
English
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Description
"Hidden amongst the photographs, uniforms, revolvers, and war medals of the Civil War are the remarkable stories of some of the most unlikely heroes-women.North, South, black, white, Native American, immigrant-the women in these micro-drama biographies are wives, mothers, sisters, and friends whose purposes ranged from supporting husbands and sons during wartime to counseling President Lincoln on strategy, from tending to the wounded on the battlefield...
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In her sweeping debut, Diane C. McPhail offers a powerful, profoundly emotional novel that explores a little-known aspect of Civil War history—Southern Abolitionists—and the timeless struggle to do right even amidst bitter conflict.
On a Mississippi morning in 1859, Emily Matthews begs her father to save a slave, Nathan, about to be auctioned away from his family. Judge Matthews is an abolitionist who runs an...
On a Mississippi morning in 1859, Emily Matthews begs her father to save a slave, Nathan, about to be auctioned away from his family. Judge Matthews is an abolitionist who runs an...
80) Yankee stranger
Author
Series
Williamsburg series volume 2
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When a yankee comes to Williamsburg in the tense autumn of 1860, Eden Day falls heels over head in love with him.
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