| Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel Contributor(s): Butzer, C. M. (Author), Butzer, C. M. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0061561762 ISBN-13: 9780061561764 Publisher: Harperalley OUR PRICE: $14.44 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is familiar to all Americans. But never has his most famous speech--his 271 indelible words--been presented in such a visual and accessible format. Graphic artist and Civil War aficionado C. M. Butzer deftly uses a detailed, comic-book style to depict the Battle of Gettysburg; the national movement to create a memorial there; and the quiet day in 1863 when Lincoln delivered his galvanizing speech. Butzer uses only primary sources for the text, drawing from first-person letters and diaries, speeches, and Lincoln's own writing to unpack this series of historical events. The address itself is played out over eighteen pages, with every phrase given a visual interpretation that will resonate with young readers. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - History - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Politics & Government - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical |
| Dewey: 973.734 |
| LCCN: 2008010657 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 7.28" W x 9.3" (0.84 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 128239 Reading Level: 4.7 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is familiar to all Americans. But never has his most famous speech--his 271 indelible words--been presented in such a visual and accessible format. Graphic artist and Civil War aficionado C. M. Butzer deftly uses a detailed, comic-book style to depict the Battle of Gettysburg; the national movement to create a memorial there; and the quiet day in 1863 when Lincoln delivered his galvanizing speech. Butzer uses only primary sources for the text, drawing from first-person letters and diaries, speeches, and Lincoln's own writing to unpack this series of historical events. The address itself is played out over eighteen pages, with every phrase given a visual interpretation that will resonate with young readers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Butzer, C. M.: - C. M. Butzer is editor-in-chief of Rabid Rabbit, a magazine anthology of comic artists. This is his first book. Butzer lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. |
