Sixteen year old Jeff can't wait to join the Kansas volunteers and teach those Missouri bushwackers a lesson. Loyal to the Union cause, he thinks the rebels deserve what they getuntil he is trapped behind enemy lines. Now Jeff must choose between a woman he loves and his political values. Will he turn traitor to the North or betray his new friends in the South?
Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
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001878
ISBN
9780064470308
Grade 6-9
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Publisher's Description of Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
A captivating and richly detailed novel about one young soldier who saw the Civil War from both sides and lived to tell the tale.
Earnest, plain-spoken sixteen-year-old Jeff Bussey has finally gotten his father’s consent to join the Union volunteers. It’s 1861 in Linn County, Kansas, and Jeff is eager to fight for the North before the war is over, which he’s sure will be soon.
But weeks turn to months, the marches through fields and woods prove endless, hunger and exhaustion seem to take up permanent residence in Jeff’s bones, and he learns what it really means to fight in battle—and to lose friends. When he finds himself among enemy troops, he’ll have to put his life on the line to advance the Union cause.
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| Product Format: | Softcover Book |
|---|---|
| Grades: | 6-9 |
| Brand: | HarperCollins |
| Author: | Harold Keith |
| ISBN: | 9780064470308 |
| Length in Inches: | 7 |
| Width in Inches: | 4.1875 |
| Height in Inches: | 0.875 |
| Weight in Pounds: | 0.4 |
| Ages: | 12+ |
| Awards: | Newbery Medal 1958 |
| Pages: | 352 |
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