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48 pp.
| Smart Apple |
August, 2012 |
LibraryISBN 978-1-59920-815-2$35.65
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4-6Civil War Highlights series.
Events leading up to, during, and following the Civil War are chronicled in this series. Each volume relates information clearly; sidebars effectively extend the text; and maps, illustrations, and archival photos are well placed. A perspective-widening timeline setting the war's progress alongside other national events runs through every page. Appended quizzes help cement what readers have learned. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Civil War Highlights titles: Causes of the War, The Confederacy Advances, Home Front, Politics of the War, Triumph of the Union, and The Turning Point.