The boys' war : Confederate and Union soldiers talk about the Civil War

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Location	Collection	Call #
Andrew Carnegie Free Library	Juvenile Nonfiction	j 973.7 MURPHY
Location	Andrew Carnegie Free Library
Collection	Juvenile Nonfiction
Call Number	j 973.7 MURPHY
C.C. Mellor Memorial Library	Children Non Fiction	J 973.7 Mur
Location	C.C. Mellor Memorial Library
Collection	Children Non Fiction
Call Number	J 973.7 Mur
Jefferson Hills Public Library	Juv Nonfiction	J 973.7 MUR
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Collection	Juv Nonfiction
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Mt. Lebanon Public Library	Children's Non-Fiction	j 973.78 Mur
Location	Mt. Lebanon Public Library
Collection	Children's Non-Fiction
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Northern Tier Regional Library	Juvenile	J 973.7 MURPH
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Collection	Juvenile
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Northland Public Library	Children's Nonfiction	J 973.7 M95
Location	Northland Public Library
Collection	Children's Nonfiction
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Sewickley Public Library	Juvenile Nonfiction	J 973.715 MUR 1990
Location	Sewickley Public Library
Collection	Juvenile Nonfiction
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Shaler North Hills Library	Juvenile Biography	j 973.7092 M
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Wilkinsburg Public Library	Juvenile Nonfiction	J 973.7 MUR WAR
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Published Reviews

Booklist Review: "Gr. 5-12. Similar in design to Freedman's photo biography Lincoln [BKL O 15 90], with the same high-quality paper and spacious type, this focuses not on the great movers and shakers of the Civil War, but on the thousands of soldiers, Confederate and Union, who were underage. Murphy draws on letters, diaries, memoirs, and archival photographs, effectively combining oral history and photo-essay. His general account of the war is interwoven with graphic quotes from boy soldiers and drummers about what they saw and felt. Mostly uneducated farm boys away from home for the first time, they speak with directness (Murphy preserves their original spelling and idiom), whether about the lure of adventure, the horrors of battle, the monotony of drill, or their longing for home. They don't talk of slavery; in fact, there don't seem to be any blacks in the book. There's a select bibliography, but some notes on sources would have been useful (for example, what's Murphy's authority for the estimated number of boys who fought?). Except for his overuse of the exclamation point, Murphy's style is nonhistrionic; he allows the drama to come from the boys' words and from the sepia pictures, which evoke the stills in the recent PBS series on the war and are sure to lure browsers of all ages. ~--Hazel Rochman"
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Publisher's Weekly Review: "Readers of Russell Freedman's Newbery-winning Lincoln: A Photobiography , viewers of the recent PBS Civil War documentary series and even Nintendo-addicted preteens will find themselves immediately caught up in this dramatic and at times tragic book. Murphy's exemplary narrative history of the Civil War focuses on the contribution of boys--some as young as nine, many not yet teens. He skillfully interweaves excerpts from the diaries and letters of countless young men who, either seeking escape from the drudgery of farm work or embracing fantasies of glory, participated in America's most brutal and bloody war. Handsomely produced, the book does not shrink from presenting the stark images of youngsters killed or mutilated in battle. The extensive use of contemporary archival photos reinforces the power of the understated text. Ages 9-14. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved"
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Additional Information

Subjects	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Children.
Publisher	New York :Clarion Books,1990
Language	English
Description	110 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-106) and index.
ISBN	0899198937 :
Other	Classic View