With Lee in Virginia : a story of the American Civil War /
Henty, G. A. 1832-1902.,
With Lee in Virginia : a story of the American Civil War / [print] by G.A. Henty. - Kerens, West Virginia : E.J. Pub., (c)2007. - 292 pages ; 22 cm
Originally published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
Chapter I. A Virginian plantation -- Chapter II. Buying a slave -- Chapter III. Aiding a runaway -- Chapter IV. Safely back -- Chapter V. Secession -- Chapter Virgin Islands Bull run -- Chapter Virgin IslandsI. The merrimac and the monitor -- Chapter Virgin IslandsII. Mcclellan's advance -- Chapter IX. A prisoner -- Chapter X. The escape -- Chapter XI. Fugitives -- Chapter XII. The bushwhackers -- Chapter XIII. Laid up -- Chapter XIV. Across the border -- Chapter XV. Fredericksburg -- Chapter XVI. The search for Dinah -- Chapter XVII. Chancellorsville -- Chapter XVIII. A perilous undertaking -- Chapter XIX. Free -- Chapter XX. The end of the struggle.
George Alfred Henty wrote carefully researched, immensely popular children's books about fictional youngsters who lived in critical periods of history. In this volume, he focuses on the Civil War, as seen through the eyes of a spirited teenager from the South, who staunchly supports the rights of slaves but joins Lee's cavalry and fights for the Confederacy.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7 PZ7.B882.W584 2007
With Lee in Virginia : a story of the American Civil War / [print] by G.A. Henty. - Kerens, West Virginia : E.J. Pub., (c)2007. - 292 pages ; 22 cm
Originally published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897.
Chapter I. A Virginian plantation -- Chapter II. Buying a slave -- Chapter III. Aiding a runaway -- Chapter IV. Safely back -- Chapter V. Secession -- Chapter Virgin Islands Bull run -- Chapter Virgin IslandsI. The merrimac and the monitor -- Chapter Virgin IslandsII. Mcclellan's advance -- Chapter IX. A prisoner -- Chapter X. The escape -- Chapter XI. Fugitives -- Chapter XII. The bushwhackers -- Chapter XIII. Laid up -- Chapter XIV. Across the border -- Chapter XV. Fredericksburg -- Chapter XVI. The search for Dinah -- Chapter XVII. Chancellorsville -- Chapter XVIII. A perilous undertaking -- Chapter XIX. Free -- Chapter XX. The end of the struggle.
George Alfred Henty wrote carefully researched, immensely popular children's books about fictional youngsters who lived in critical periods of history. In this volume, he focuses on the Civil War, as seen through the eyes of a spirited teenager from the South, who staunchly supports the rights of slaves but joins Lee's cavalry and fights for the Confederacy.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
PZ7 PZ7.B882.W584 2007