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79 pp.
| Chelsea |
January, 2002 |
LibraryISBN 0-7910-6414-X$$20.85
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PaperISBN 0-7910-6415-8$$8.95
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4-6Famous Figures of the Civil War Era series.
Illustrated with reproductions of photos and a few other documents from the period, the books in this series capably introduce their subjects to young readers. Some complex topics are glossed over, but all the books offer a brief account of these men's lives up to the Civil War and considerably more detail about their involvement in it. An individual chronology and a timeline are appended. There are five other new books in this series. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these titles: George Gordon Meade, Stephen A. Douglas, John Brown, William Henry Seward, James Ewell Brown Stuart.]