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The Long Road to Gettysburg
By Murphy, Jim
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39555-965-9
- Publisher
- New York : Clarion Books, c1992.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1992
Gr 6-Up As in The Boys' War (Clarion, 1990), Murphy returns to the Civil War, this time focusing on the Battle of Gettysburg. He introduces two participants--19-year-old Lieutenant John Dooley, CSA, and 17-year-old Union army Corporal Thomas Galway--through whose eyes the action unfolds. Each is a fairly "typical" soldier: for Galway, who has experienced anti-Irish prejudice, the war is personal; Dooley is there to defend the honor and integrity o...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
