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Loading... March Toward the Thunderby Joseph Bruchac
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. sick warfare. a little too gross, though..... (  ) hamelinn | Jan 8, 2009 |  Realistic picture of the Civil War. Bruchac's matter-of-fact writing made this novel heartbreaking. The only bad guys (in my opinion) were the slave owners who willing to let other die so they could continue in the style to which they had become accustomed. As I read each page, I felt as if I was standing off to the side and was watching scene that were horrifying and others touchingly bittersweet. War is a curse, there is no nobility in wars. ( ) hewayzha | Jul 12, 2008 |  no reviews | add a review
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Louis Nolette is a fifteen-year-old Abenaki Indian from Canada who is recruited to fight in the northern Irish Brigade in the war between the states. Even though he is too young, and not American or Irish, he finds the promise of good wages and the Union’s fight to end slavery persuasive reasons to join up. But war is never what you expect, and as Louis fights his way through battle after battle, he encounters prejudice and acceptance, courage and cowardice, and strong and weak leadership in the most unexpected places.
Master storyteller and acclaimed author Joseph Bruchac tells a Civil War story based on the experiences of his own great grandfather. Chock-full of historical facts and details, this carefully researched book will give readers new insight into some of the untold stories and unsung heroes of the American Civil War.
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