The Long Road to Gettysburg
by Jim Murphy
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Describes the events of the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 as seen through the eyes of two actual participants, nineteen-year-old Confederate lieutenant John Dooley and seventeen-year-old Union soldier Thomas Galway. Also discusses Lincoln's famous speech delivered at the dedication of the National Cemetery at Gettysburg.Tags
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A description of the Battle of Gettysburg as a 19 year old boy called John Dooley describes it. I loved some of the real photography used in the book
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Jim Murphy has written more than twenty-five books for young people. In addition to the Newbery Honor, which he received for The Great Fire, he has won many other awards, including the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor. He is also the two-time winner of both the SCBWI Golden Kite Award and the NCTE Orbis show more Pictus Award Mr. Murphy lives with his family in Maplewood, New Jersey show less
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- Important places
- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Important events
- American Civil War (1861 | 1865)
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