A Savage Thunder: Antietam and the Bloody Road to Freedom

by Jim Murphy

Book Overview

In September 1862, two great armies faced off across Antietam Creek, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, knowing that the fate of the United States and the future of millions of slaves were at stake. From behind-the-scenes conversations to the action on the front lines, renowned nonfiction writer Jim Murphy provides an in-depth look at the battle that prompted Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and changed America forever. Murphy uses photographs,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689876335
• ISBN13: 9780689876332
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 6.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7