Synopses & Reviews
This new paperback edition of the successful "Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Civil War" gives a highly visual and chronological account of our nation's bloodiest war. It features a striking new cover.
This year-by-year account of the war which tore our country apart tells the story of the Civil War through eyewitness accounts, profiles of people famous and ordinary, point-of-view sidebars which capture the essence of the many differences between north and south, and period art which shows the people, places, and landscape of the United States from 1860 to 1877. Arranged by date, each chapter highlights the controversies, conflicts, and compromises as the separation between north and south builds and explodes. Children will come to understand the many facets of this often misunderstood war.
Synopsis
The Civil War almost succeeded in tearing the United States in two. In this book, students will find out about the bloodiest battles in our country’s history, and the famous and ordinary people who fought on each side.The easy-to-follow, year-by-year format will give kids a solid understanding of what it was like to live during the tragedy and triumph of the Civil War.