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Sheinkin, Steve

Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War

220 pp. | Roaring Brook/Flash Point | June, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59643-320-5 $19.95
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Tim Robinson. Sheinkin's entertaining histories cover the Revolutionary and Civil wars. George (originally Storyteller's History: The American Revolution) begins with thirteen ways to start a revolution. Miserable opens with thirteen ways to rip a country apart. Each book includes personal, frequently irreverent, accounts of the participants. The layouts invite browsing: bold subheadings, short exposition, numerous pen-and-ink cartoonlike illustrations, and plenty of maps. Bib., ind. Review covers these titles: King George: What Was His Problem? and Two Miserable Presidents.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2008

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