Research Catalog

Title

• The brothers' war : Civil War voices in verse / by J. Patrick Lewis ; including photographs by Matthew Brady.

Author

Lewis, J. Patrick

Publication

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2007.

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Description

31p. : ill., maps, ports.; 25 x 27 cm.

Summary

The wonderful wordplay of J. Patrick Lewis breathes new life into the speeches of Lincoln, the letters of Grant and Lee, and the moving human drama of our country's Civil War. Lewis' poignant poetry gives young readers a vivid insight into the brutal conflict that tore America apart. The author draws on primary-source books and articles to inspire each poem, bringing the ordinary and extraordinary voices of the Civil War to light. The book also includes a note from the Photo Editor on the authentic period images used throughout. Readers experience history directly as it was lived by Americans in the 1860s.

Alternative Title

Civil War voices in verse

Subject

• 1861-1865
• Children's poetry, American
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Poetry

Genre/Form

• History
• History.
• Juvenile works
• Pictorial works
• Poetry
• Poetry.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 31).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Down on the plantation -- The raider -- Blood of our fathers, blood of our sons -- Boys in a brothers' war -- I am fast in my chains -- Nathaniel Gwinnett-shrapnel wound -- White nightmare -- Letter from home -- Letter home -- I can make Georgia howl -- Passing in review -- Civil War map -- Time line of selected events from the Civil War -- A note on the photography -- Author's notes on poems.

ISBN

• 9781426300363 (trade)
• 1426300360 (trade)
• 9781426300370 (lib. bdg.)
• 1426300379 (lib. bdg.)

LCCN

^^2006103275

OCLC

77504846

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library