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Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.

Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text.

The years of the Civil War in U.S. history. History Of US.

The years of the Civil War in U.S. history. History Of US.

Riveting, moving, and impossible to put down, War, Terrible War takes us into the heart of the Civil War, from the battle of Manassas to the battle of Gettysburg and on to the South's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Follow the common soldiers in blue and gray as they endure... Read Full Overview

Joy Hakim takes us into the heart of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, Harriet Tubman, soldiers on both sides, slaveowners, abolitionists, and the average citizen--all were affected by the horror of the war during this tragic and dramatic period in A History of US.