As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
48 pp.
| School |
July, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-7696-4707-3$14.95
|
PaperISBN 0-7696-4652-2$6.95
(4)
4-6Stories from History series.
The most successful of this series, this comic book presents the history leading up to Gettysburg, and a day-by-day account of the battle itself. The shorter duration of the event lends itself better to this format, where speech bubbles and text boxes contain spare print. Lifeless illustrations do little to add to the drama of battle. Timeline. Glos., ind.