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Seeing the Elephant
A Story of the Civil War
By Hughes, Pat & Stark, Ken
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-37438-024-3
- Publisher
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007.
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
Gr 2-4 This story is based on a phrase frequently found in Civil War correspondence; "seeing the elephant" meant to have experienced combat. Ten-year-old Israel is both jealous of and lonely for his two older brothers who have gone off to fight in the Union army. When his Aunt Bell, a nurse, takes him to a Washington, DC, hospital and introduces him to a captured Confederate soldier, he comes to realize that the issues are not as clear and simple as h...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Ten-year-old Izzie, too young to fight in the Civil War, accompanies his aunt to Washington, D.C., where she's a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
