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The Long Road to Gettysburg
Contributor(s): Murphy, Jim (Author), Dufris, William (Read by), Childs, Ray (Read by)
ISBN: 1935430424     ISBN-13: 9781935430421
Publisher: Audio Bookshelf
OUR PRICE:   $26.96  
Product Type: Compact Disc
Published: May 2010
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Dewey: 973.734
Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.6" W x 6.62" (0.41 lbs)
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
- Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

On June 3, 1863, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley prepared to march on Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Thomas Galway, a seventeen-year-old corporal in the Union army, waited for the battle to begin.

Drawing on the written accounts of these young soldiers, Murphy traces the circumstances leading to the dramatic battle of Gettysburg and Lincoln's historic address at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.

Contributor Bio(s): Dufris, William: -

William Dufris attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland-Gorham before pursuing a career in voice work in London and then the United States. He has won more than twenty AudioFile Earphones Awards, was voted one of the Best Voices at the End of the Century by AudioFile magazine, and won the prestigious Audie Award in 2012 for best nonfiction narration. He lives with his family in Maine.

Childs, Ray: -

Ray Childs is a successful audiobook narrator. He can be heard on such titles as Black like Me, The Vanderbilts, and Amos Fortune.

Murphy, Jim: -

Jim Murphy is an editor and writer with more than a dozen books for young readers to his credit. Research Mr. Murphy was doing on the Civil War inspired his book The Boys' War, as well as The Long Road to Gettysburg.

Bregy, Terry: -

Terry Bregy is a narrator of children's and young adult books. Some of his published credits include Morning Girl, Paddle-to-the-Sea, and Across Five Aprils.