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From a Pulitzer Prize winner comes the story of an unforgettable moment in American history: the historic meeting between General Robert E. Lee and General Ulysses S. Grant that ended the Civil War. MacKinlay Kantor captures all the emotions and the details of those few days: the aristocratic Lee’s feeling of resignation; Grant’s crippling headaches; and Lee’s request—which Grant generously allowed—to permit his soldiers to keep their horses so they could plant crops for food.
Lexile Measure: 970L (What's this?)
Paperback: 144 pages
Publisher: Sterling (November 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1402751249
ISBN-13: 978-1402751240
Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #1,719,788 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #64 in Books > Teens > Education & Reference > History > United States > Civil War Period #94 in Books > History > Americas > United States > Civil War > Campaigns & Battlefields > Appomattox #233 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > History > United States > Civil War Era
Age Range: 12 and up
Grade Level: 7 and up
It is nice to see one of MacKinlay Kantor's childrens' books on the Civil War back in print. I highly recommend anything Kantor has written whether it be for children or adults. However, this edition does not include the illustrations by Donald McKay that appeared in the original Randomn House Landmark Book first published in 1950. McKay was a unique book illustrator. His pen and ink drawings have a "rustic" look that was well-suited to history based books (check out the Grossett and Dunlap editions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn which are still in print).Some may think that the illustraions from the previous edition of this book are secondary to the text, but keep in mind that this book was written at a time when books for young people, from toddles through teens, were always illustrated. We now live a world where visual communication is overtaking the written word so it seems strang that illustations are rarely put into new teen books and reprints are having the pictures removed.So, try to find a used edition of the original Lee and Grant at Appomattox. It will cost less, plus you will get the added bonus of McKay's illustrations.
A factual and to the point treatment of the subject written in an easily understandable way. It reads fast. It's a good read.
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