Seeing the Elephant: A Story of the Civil War

by Pat Hughes

Young Izzie wishes he could join the Union Army with his brothers, Ario and Cal. He wonders what it would be like to "see the elephant"--soldier talk for going into battle for the first time. But it seems the closest Izzie will ever get to battle is visiting wounded soldiers at a Washington, D.C., hospital, where his aunt works as an Army nurse. When Izzie meets a wounded Rebel soldier who will soon be sent to prison, he realizes that the war may...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374380244
• ISBN13: 9780374380243
• Release Date: September 2007
• Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.8" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4