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1) A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence
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This first book in a new series weaves diaries, personal accounts, and memoirs to provide a remarkable first-person narrative of the events leading up to the American Revolution and the war itself.
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Pub. Date
2006, c1997
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"Interweaving personal stories with historical photos and background, this lively account documents the history of the more than 40,000 women who served in relief and military duty during World War I. Through personal interviews and excerpts from diaries, letters, and memoirs, Lettie Gavin relates poignant stories of women's wartime experiences and provides a unique perspective on their progress in military service."--Back cover.
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©2009
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"Lincoln's Men is the first narrative protrait of the men who served as Lincoln's secretaries during the Civil War: Nicolay, Hay, and Stoddard. Each of the three had his influence upon Lincoln, and Lincoln had an enorimous impact upon them. Daniel Mark Epstein captures the drama in each life: we see Nicolay, balancing his obligations to Lincoln with a long-distant engagement to his childhood sweetheart; Hay, the poet/amanuensis, in love with the famous...
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2012
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This soon-to-be classic documentary mini-series traces the causes, courses as well as the major events and personalities of the American Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, this epic American story of struggle and survival was written in blood, and in this series is told mostly from first-hand accounts and in the spoken words of the participants themselves, through their diaries, letters, and memoirs. The series concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox...
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The first narrative history of the Civil War as told by the very people it freed. Historian of nineteenth-century and African-American history Andrew Ward weaves together hundreds of interviews, diaries, letters, and memoirs. Body servants, army cooks and launderers, runaways, teamsters, and gravediggers bring the war to richly detailed life. --From publisher description.
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Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents the diary of the sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Quaker family who moved with her family from British-occupied Philadelphia for the safety of the countryside during the Revolutionary War. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.
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