Summer Storm In Gettysburg

A Story of Friendship, War, And Galantry

Autori

• Ann Brophy

Parametri

• 192 pagine
• 7 ore di lettura

• Narrativa
• Prosa storica

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"THE GHOSTS OF GETTYSBURG is an historical novel based on realpeople and a true incident during the Battle of Gettysburg.  Jennie Wade was the only civilian casualtyin the three-day battle that left six thousand soldiers dead and twenty-seventhousand wounded.The book begins when Jennie is a pre-teen and introduces herfriends when they all set out on a mission to find the Devil at Devils Den inGettysburg.  Instead they findthemselves.Ten years later when Jennie is twenty, the story picks up thefocus on Jennie and her family when they are faced with the reality of theCivil War in their small, out-of-the-way town. Her childhood friends have scattered, but they are finally brought backtogether by the tragic aftermath of the unexpected combat. THE GHOSTS OF GETTYSBURG is an honest account of this period inhistory that children can relate to and learn from."

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2003

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