| A Sweet-Sounding Place: A Civil War Story Contributor(s): Johnson, Nancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0892727705 ISBN-13: 9780892727704 Publisher: Down East Books OUR PRICE: $10.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - Military & Wars |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.4" W x 8.3" (0.40 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Civil War - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Moses is found as an infant next to his dying mother, an escaped slave, and is brought to Boston and raised with a baker's family. He grows to be a willful teenager, and after his uncle enlists in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment -- the first and most famous black Civil War regiment -- Moses is keen on following him to war, hoping to serve his country and find out about his father. |
