Civil War books
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rabidsamfanI've got a chance to order some civil war books -- anything to do with the period, YA and juvie. Any favorites I should know about?
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Date: 2011-02-08 07:27 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 07:52 pm (UTC)Blanton & Cook's They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War - N/F, does what it says on the tin: a decent exploration of female combatants (including those serving as men) during the conflict.
Neither are specifically YA-orientated, but the issue of female soldiers is ridiculously overlooked in general military history studies, and I can assert that storming through most of BC's oeuvre was a shining source of pure unadulterated pleasure during my teens. ;) Starbuck is rather Sharpe-esque, and none the worse for it - well-researched and solid storytelling with a GSOH.
Really must get around to reading more ACW stuff...
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Date: 2011-02-08 07:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 08:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 08:57 pm (UTC)...on the subject of which, I've just glanced up and noticed another slab of ACW fiction, E.L. Doctorow's The March, on the very same pending-a-read shelf. >.<
I shall endeavour to give both a spin during the next few days, and report back. :)
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Date: 2011-02-08 10:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-08 10:18 pm (UTC)I don't believe it's in print anymore, sadly. The story was fascinating. But it was part of this whole series of biographies of famous Americans as children. They all had orange covers, and even in the early 1960s they were pretty worn.
I wonder if any newer ones have been written? Her story was a good one.
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Date: 2011-02-09 02:33 am (UTC):-)
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Date: 2011-02-09 02:43 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-09 02:51 am (UTC)My favorite was Francis Marion, though! That is the book that introduced me to him, and then I read basically every childrens biography or fictionalized biography that there was! I was very pleased when they made The Patriot, even if it was extremely fictionalized.
One downside of these books--you grow up talking about "Nat West" and "Alec Hamilton" and forget that they have full names...
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Date: 2011-02-09 04:08 am (UTC)It's really touching, a blend of modern times juxtaposed against the Civil War. The thing I love about Claudia is that she always gets humor into even her darker stories. For Ages 8 to 12.
"Lincoln's Dreams" by Connnie Willis. It's been ages since I've read it, and it stays with me still. It's sf, not specifically YA but certainly suitable.
Personally I love to read Lincoln's speeches, but the vocabulary is intense! Cheers.
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Date: 2011-02-09 02:03 pm (UTC)thanks!
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Date: 2011-02-11 10:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-02-12 11:56 pm (UTC)