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A war-fevered boy, a disillusioned doctor, a slave woman, a sketch artist, a lover of horses, a black man determined to shoulder a gun...
Give ear to their voices. Follow their tales and ten others in theis innovative account of the Civil War's first great battle, told from sixteen points of view. Weaving hopes, horrors, and folly, Newbery Award winner Paul Fleischman lights the faces behind dates and facts, showing us history as lived by its makers, and letting us look through many eyes--Southern, Northern, craven, and courageous. Read as a novel or performed as a reader's theater, Bull Run is a compelling rendering of a nation's discovery of the true nature of war.
Give ear to their voices. Follow their tales and ten others in theis innovative account of the Civil War's first great battle, told from sixteen points of view. Weaving hopes, horrors, and folly, Newbery Award winner Paul Fleischman lights the faces behind dates and facts, showing us history as lived by its makers, and letting us look through many eyes--Southern, Northern, craven, and courageous. Read as a novel or performed as a reader's theater, Bull Run is a compelling rendering of a nation's discovery of the true nature of war.
