| Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You about the Civil War Bound for Schoo Edition Contributor(s): Sheinkin, Steve (Author), Robinson, Tim (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0606375880 ISBN-13: 9780606375887 Publisher: Turtleback Books OUR PRICE: $23.72 Product Type: Prebound - Other Formats Published: September 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Presidents & First Families (u.s.) |
| Dewey: 973.7 |
| LCCN: 2007033115 |
| Lexile Measure: 920 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.85 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Topical - Civil War |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 129080 Reading Level: 7.0 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 8.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: May 22, 1856: A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WALKS INTO THE SENATE CHAMBER, LOOKING FOR TROUBLE. That Congressman, Preston Brooks, was ready to attack Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts over remarks Sumner made slamming senators who supported slavery in Kansas. Brooks lifted his cane to beat Sumner, and here the action in the book stops, so that Steve Sheinkin can explain just where this confrontation started. In the process, he unravels the complicated string of events - the small things, the personal ones, the big issues- that led to The Civil War. It is a time and a war that threatened America's very existence, revealed in the surprising true stories of the soldiers and statesmen who battled it out. |