You Wouldn't Want to be a Civil War Soldier!

You Wouldn't Want to be a Civil War Soldier!
Author: Thomas Ratliff
Publisher: Franklin Watts
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780531245033

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Civil War Soldier!

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Civil War Soldier!
Author: Thomas Ratliff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014-06-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781484425855

It's 1861. War has broken out between the United States and the Confederate States of America, and you have answered President Lincoln's call for volunteers to fight for the Union. What are your chances of surviving America's bloodiest war? This new

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Civil War Soldier!

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Civil War Soldier!
Author: Thomas M. Ratliff
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 9780605400153

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.

You Wouldn't Want to be a Civil War Soldier!

You Wouldn't Want to be a Civil War Soldier!
Author: Thomas M. Ratliff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2004
Genre: Soldiers
ISBN: 9781415523476

Brief text, sidebars, labeled illustrations, and humorous cartoons depict life and events during the four years of the Civil War.

You Wouldn't Want to be a Nurse During the American Civil War!

You Wouldn't Want to be a Nurse During the American Civil War!
Author: Kathryn Senior
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Medicine
ISBN: 9780531205068

Get ready as a young reporter in 1861, you're about to be sent on your toughest assignment ever. You're going to the battlefields to find out what it's like to be a Nurse in the American Civil War.

What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War

What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War
Author: Mike Wright
Publisher: Presidio Press
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2009-02-04
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307549151

Instant coffee was invented during the Civil War for use by Union troops, who hated it; holding races between lice was a popular pastime for both Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; 13% of the Confederate Army deserted during the conflict. These are three of the hundreds of bits of knowledge that Mike Wright makes available in his informative and entertaining What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War, which focuses on the lives and ways of ordinary soldiers and of those they left behind.

The Citizen-Soldier

The Citizen-Soldier
Author: Phil Klay
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2016-05-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0815729596

In this Brookings Essay titled “The Citizen-Soldier,” National Book Award winner, and U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Phil Klay sheds light on the tension and relationship between veterans and society. Klay is an established author and has previously received noteworthy praise for his book, Redeployment. In his first non-fiction work with Brookings, Klay valiantly explores the moral dimensions of veterans, their purpose in war, and their reintegration into the civilian world. The Brookings Essay: In the spirit of its commitment to high-quality, independent research, the Brookings Institution has commissioned works on major topics of public policy by distinguished authors, including Brookings scholars. The Brookings Essay is a multi-platform product aimed to engage readers in open dialogue and debate. The views expressed, however, are solely those of the author. Available in ebook only.

What This Cruel War Was Over

What This Cruel War Was Over
Author: Chandra Manning
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2007-04-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0307267431

Using letters, diaries, and regimental newspapers to take us inside the minds of Civil War soldiers—black and white, Northern and Southern—as they fought and marched across a divided country, this unprecedented account is “an essential contribution to our understanding of slavery and the Civil War" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). In this unprecedented account, Chandra Manning With stunning poise and narrative verve, Manning explores how the Union and Confederate soldiers came to identify slavery as the central issue of the war and what that meant for a tumultuous nation. This is a brilliant and eye-opening debut and an invaluable addition to our understanding of the Civil War as it has never been rendered before.

You Wouldn't Want to Sail With Christopher Columbus!

You Wouldn't Want to Sail With Christopher Columbus!
Author: Fiona Macdonald
Publisher: The Salariya Book Company
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-02-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1911242431

You are Christopher Columbus, the explorer who accidentally discovered America. Follow Columbus' struggles to finance his journeys, his sometimes infamous behaviour and his final lonely days. This title in the best-selling children’s history series, You Wouldn't Want To…, features full-colour illustrations which combine humour and accurate technical detail and a narrative approach placing readers at the centre of the history, encouraging them to become emotionally-involved with the characters and aiding their understanding of what life would have been like sailing with Christopher Columbus. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal introduction to the conventions of information books for young readers. It is an ideal text for Key Stage 2 shared and guided reading and helps achieve the goals of the Scottish Standard Curriculum 5-14.