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Some Books with
Civil War Theme
Originally posted on Tue, 21 Feb 1995 by Judy Volc
Note: Some of these titles are very old (from the 40's and 50's).
Joyce Hansen - WHICH WAY FREEDOM? and
OUT FROM THIS PLACE
Ann Rinaldi - IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE
and
THE
LAST SILK DRESS
James & Lincoln Collier - WITH EVERY DROP OF BLOOD and others
Patricia Beatty -TURN HOMEWARD HANNHALEE, CHARLEY SKEDADDLE,
and more....
Patricia Clapp - THE TAMARACK TREE
Shriley Climo - A MONTH OF SEVEN DAYS
Thomas J. Fleming - BAND OF BROTHERS:
WEST
POINT IN THE CIVIL WAR
Gloria
Houston -
MOUNTAIN VALOR
Connie Rose Porter - the ADDY books from American Girl Series
Janet Hickman - ZOAR BLUE
Peter Burchard - JED: THE STORY OF A YANKEE SOLDIER AND A SOUTHERN BOY
William O. Steele - PERILOUS ROAD
Earl Schenck Miers - THE GUNS OF
VICKSBURG
Harold Keith - RIFLES FOR
WATIE
Phyllis Fenner, comp. - BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER: STORIES OF THE WAR
BETWEEN
THE STATES (short story collection)
Patricia Calvert - BIGGER
Merritt P. Allen - JOHNNY REB and WHITE FEATHER
Enid L. Meadwocroft - BY SECRET
RAILWAY
Virginia Hamilton -
ANTHONY
BURNS:
THE DEFEAT & TRIUMPH OF A FUGITIVE SLAVE
Ann Turner - NETTIE'S TRIP SOUTH (picture book, just prior to
Civil War)
PINK AND SAY by Patricia
Polacco (picture book)
Gail Wood posted this list:
Civil War Books:
Brother against brother: stories of the war between
the states
Allen, Merritt P. Johnny Reb; White feather
Beatty, Patricia Turn homeward Hannah Lee; Charley
Skedaddle
Beatty, Patricia Who comes with cannons?
Burchard, Peter Jed: the story of a Yankee soldierer and a
southerner
Calvert, Patricia Bigger
Clapp, Patricia The Tamarack Tree
Climo, Shirley A month of seven days
Collier, James & Lincoln With every drop of blood and others
Elish, Dan Harriet Tubman and the Underground
Railroad
Fleischmann Bull Run
Fleming, Thomas J. Band of brothers: West Point in the Civil
War
Hansen, Joyce Which way freedom? ; Out from this
place
Houston, Gloria Mountain valor
Hickman, Janet Zoar blue
Hawk, Richard Moonstalker: the adventures of General Sherman's
drummer boy
Keith, Harold Rifles for Watie
Hunt, Irene Across 5 Aprils.
Lester, Julius To Be a Slave
Lyons, George Ella Cecil's War
Meadwocroft, Enid L. By secret raiload
Miers, Earl Schenck The guns of Vicksburg
Nixon, Joan Lowrey A Dangerous Promise - from Orphan Train
series
Polacco, Patricia Pink and Say
Porter, Connie Rose Addy series books from American Girl
Series
Reeder, Carolyn Shades of Gray
Rinaldi, Ann In my father's house; The last silk dress
Steele, William O. Perilous Road
Swift, H. H. The railroad to freedom: a story of Civil War
Video:
Wonderworks: Traitor in My House (Civil War)
Books on Slavery/ Underground Railroad/ Civil War connections:
Adler, David A. A picture book of Frederick Douglass (Bio)
Adler, David A. A picture book of Sojourner Truth (Bio)
Adler, David A. A picture book of Harriet Tubman (Bio)
Allee, Marjorie (Hill) Susanna and Tristram (J fic)
Armstrong, Jennifer Steal away (J fic)
Avi Something upstairs: a tale of ghosts (YA fic)
Bains, Rae Harriet Tubman--the road to freedom
(Bio)
Barrett, Tracy Harpers Ferry: the story of John Brown's raid
(J973)
Beatty, Patricia Who comes with cannons? (J fic)
Bial, Raymond The Underground Railroad ('95) (Non-fic)
Buckmaster, Henrietta Flight to freedom: story of the Underground
Railroad (Non-fic)
Burchard, Peter Bimby (J fic)
Clark, Margaret G. Freedom crossing (J fic)
Collier, James Jump ship to freeedom (J fic)
Cosner, Sharron The Underground Railroad (Non-fic)
Douglass, Frederick Escape from slavery : the boyhood of
Frederick Douglass (autobio)
Elish, Dan Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
(Non-fic)
Everett, Gwen John Brown: one man against slavery (Bio)
Faber, Doris Lucretia Mott, foe of slavery (Bio)
Fall, Thomas Canalboat to freedom (J fic)
Ferris, Jeri. Go free or die : a story about Harriet Tubman
(Bio)
Fox, Paula The slave dancer (J fic)
Freedman, Florence Two tickets to freedom (J bio)
Fritz, Jean Brady (J fic)
Gaines, Edith M. Freedom light (Non-fic)
Genovese, Eugene D. Roll, Jordan, roll : the world the
slaves
made (Non-fic)
Hamilton, Virginia Anthony Burns: the defeat and triumph of a
fugitive slave (Bio)
Hamilton, Virginia The house of Dies Drear (J fic)
Hamilton, Virginia Many thousand gone: African Americans from
slavery to... (Non-fic)
Hamilton, Virginia Mystery of Drear House (J fic)
Hansen, Joyce Which way freedom?
Haskins, James Get on board: the story of the Underground Railroad
(Non-fic)
Herda, D. J. The Dred Scott case : slavery and citizenship
(Nonfic)
Hooks, William Ballad of Belle Dorcas (J fic/pic)
Hopkinson, Deborah Sweet Clara and the freedom quilt (J
pic)
Howard, Elizabeth North winds blow free (J fic)
Jackson, Dave Listen for the whippoorwill (J fic)
Jacob, Helen Pierce The diary of the Strawbridge place
(J fic)
Johnson, Ann Donegan. The value of helping : the story of Harriet Tubman
(Bio)
Johnson, Dolores Now let me fly: the story of a slave family
(J pic)
Johnston, Johanna Harriet and the runaway book: story of
Harriet Beecher Stowe ( bio)
Khan, Lurey One day, Levin ... he be free; William Still and
the (bio)
Lester, Julius This strange new feeling (YA fic)
Lester, Julius To be a slave (Non-fic)
Levine, Ellen If you traveled on the underground railroad
(Non-fic)
Lyons, Mary E. Letters from a slave girl: story of Harriet Jacobs
(YA fic)
Mathews, Marcia The Freedom Star ('94) (J fic)
McGovern, Ann "Wanted Dead or Alive" : The true story of Harriet
Tubman. (Bio)
McKissack, Patricia C. Sojourner Truth : ain't I a woman? (Bio)
Meadowcraft, Enid L. By secret railway (J fic)
Meltzer, Milton All time, all peoples: a world history of slavery
(Nonfic)
Monjo, F. N. Drinking Gourd (easy reader)
Moore, Eva. The Story of George Washington Carver. (Bio)
Ofosu, Appiah People in Bondage ('71) (Nonfic)
Paulsen, Gary Nightjohn (YA fic)
Petry, Ann Harriet Tumban, conductor on the Underground
Railroad (Bio)
Porter, Connie Addy Series: Meet Addy, Addy saves the day, etc.
(easy reader)
Rinaldi, Ann Wolf by the ears (YA fic)
Ringgold, Faith Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad in the sky (J
pic)
Smucker, Barbara Runaway to freedom: a story of the
Underground Railway (J fic)
Smucker, Barbara Underground to Canada (J fic)
Steele, William O The perilous road (Civil Way novel)
Stein, R. Conrad Story of the underground railroad ('81)
(Nonfic)
Stolz, Mary Cezanne Pinto: a memoir ('94) (YA fic)
Turner, Ann Nettie's trip south (J pic)
Turner, Glennette T. Running for our lives (J fic)
Watson, Sally Jade (slave trade) (J fic)
Winters, Jeanette Follow the drinking gourd (J pic)
Wright, Courtni Journey to freedom: a story of the underground
railroad ('94) (J pic)
Wright, Courtni Jumping the broom (J pic)
Yates, Elizabeth Amos Fortune free man (Bio)
Another list supplied by Liz Jand in June 1997:
Beattie, Patricia. _Charley Skedaddle_
_Eben Tyne, Powdermonkey_
_I Want My Sunday, Stranger_
_Jayhawker_
Bunting, Eve. _Who Comes With Cannons_
Clapp, Patricia. _The Tamarack Tree_
Crane, Stephen. _With Every Drop Of Blood_
Deneberg, Barry. _When Will This Cruel War Be Over_
(Dear America series)
Donahue, John. _An Island Far From Home_
Forman, James D. _Becca's Story_
Friskey, Margaret. _Tad Lincoln and the Green Umbrella_
Gauch, Patricia L. _Thunder At Gettysburg_
Hansen, Joyce. _Which Way Freedom?_
_Out Of This Place_ sequel
Hunt, Irene. _Across Five Aprils_
Keating, Bern. _The Horse That Won the Civil War_
Keith, Harold. _Rifles For Watie_
McGiffin, Lee. _Pony Soldiers_
Nixon, Joan L. _A Dangerous Promise_
O'Dell, Scott. _Sing Down the Moon_
_The 290_
Porter, Connie. _Addy Learns A Lesson_
Reeder, Carolyn. _Shades Of Gray_
Rinaldi, Ann. _In My Father's House_
_The Last Silk Dress_
Wisler, G. Clifton. _Mr. Lincoln's Drummer_
_Red Cap_
These were derived from the following sources:
_Best Books For Children_ ed. John T. Gillespie
_Best Books For Junior High_ ed. John T. Gillespie
_Recreating the Past_ ed. Lynda G. Adamson
_America As Story_ ed. Elizabeth F. Howard
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