Thanks, Paul and Joe Mc (hope I'm not overlooking anyone else) for
this suggestion. Your recommendations are enough to make me decide
to read The Killer Angels myself, which I will now do.
The nine-year-old in question, however, is a very bright and
perceptive young man who hasn't yet discovered that reading can be
exciting instead of a homework chore. The deal is this: if he wants
to go to Gettysburg this summer to watch the reenactment of the
battle with Aunt Jurretta--as he very much wants to do, having
recently developed a keen interest in historical wars--he is going to
have to learn more about the Civil War than he's been able to pick up
from TV shows and conversations with his nine-year-old buddies.
Which means he's going to have to do a little reading in advance.
Hence my question to the list.
Ongoing suggestions for CW materials, and particularly Gettysburg
materials, suited to a nine-year-old's reading still welcome. . . .
--Jurretta Heckscher
On Apr 25, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Paul Finkelman wrote:
> Killer Angels, a novel; for a smart 9 year old; or you could read
> it to
> the nine year old
>
> Paul Finkelman
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> In a message dated 4/25/2008 3:21:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> Hi, everyone. While we're on the subject of book recommendations,
> can anyone recommend a good book on the Battle of Gettysburg suitable
> for a nine-year-old?
>
>
>
> Jurretta
> I would recommend a book titled "The Killer Angels" by
> Michael Shaara. It was also made into an outstanding
> movie titled "Gettysburg."
> Don't let the book title put you off.
>
> Joe Mc
>
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