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Gr 5-8 Sheinkin tells readers that this book is the one that he always wanted to write, one that is packed with "all the true stories and real quotes that textbooks never tell you." While he provides plenty of material about military objectives, battles, and political and military leaders, such as the title's often-miserable Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, he also includes the stories of spies, drummer boys, women who masqueraded as men to join the army, and African Americans. He ends with Grant's s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Both of these series entries (Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About...) begin with an apology from the author: "I used to write textbooks. Yes, it's true. I helped write those big books that break your back when you carry them and put you to sleep when you read them." Pledging to mend his ways, Sheinkin offers two personal and entertaining American histories that cover two of our country's wars. King George (originally published in 2005 as Storyteller's History: The American Revolution) begins with thirteen ways to start a revolution, while Two Miserable Presidents (i.e., Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Sheinkin's entertaining histories cover the Revolutionary and Civil wars. <i>George</i> (originally <i>Storyteller's History: The American Revolution</i>) begins with thirteen ways to start a revoluti...Log In or Sign Up to Read More