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* Peck, Richard. The River between Us.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
Sept. 2003. 176p. Dial, $16.99 (0-8037-2735-6).
Gr. 7-12. At the start of the Civil War two mysterious young women get off a boat in a small town in southern Illinois, and 15-year-old Tilly Pruitt's mother takes them in. Who are they? Is the darker-complexioned woman the other woman's slave? Tilly's twin brother, Noah, falls in love with one of them--rich, stylish, worldly Delphine, who shows Tilly a world of possibilities beyond her home. When Noah runs away to war, Tilly and Delphine go after him, find him in the horror of an army tent hospital, and bring him back; but their world is changed forever. Peck's spare writing has never been more eloquent than ...
- Peck shows US Civil War through child's eyes.(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books October 31, 2003 700+ words
...COMMUNICATIONS LTD Richard Peck has opened up the American Civil War to children with his new book 'The River Between Us.' Set at the beginning of the war, it follows the lives of Tilly Pruitt and her siblings and how the war comes to effect every...
- The River Between Us.(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Cobblestone Embry December 1, 2006 700+ words
...com/). The brewing Civil War seems quite far away to teenager Tilly Pruitt, who lives in a remote...illustrate many issues of the Civil War on a small scale, but the...Patient readers interested in Civil War history, however, will...
- Civil War History Day September 27th at the Chicago Historical Society; USS...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 27, 2003 700+ words
...Between the States at the Seventh Annual Civil War History Day on Saturday, September 27...The day's events include the Chicago Civil War Symposium inside the museum and a Civil War Encampment on the grounds outside CHS...
- The Civil War on the Internet: a selection of the best Web sources for...
- The Social Studies Dyson, Rick September 1, 2004 700+ words
The American Civil War, the War between the States, War of...Web sites devoted to the topic. Many Civil War sites are well done, but a number of...still runs high in America when the Civil War is discussed. The recent debate in...
- Civil War attractions to battle for attention.(NEWS)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot April 7, 2005 700+ words
...SUFFOLK - From military encampments to Civil War-era fashions, the city of Suffolk will revisit the 1860s with its annual Civil War Weekend. The Saturday and Sundy family...tours of little known - and seldom seen - Civil War sites. The bus tour is for energetic...
- Civil War infatuation: An aura of adventure keeps us fascinated. (Originated...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hirsch, Jerry October 20, 1993 700+ words
...North and the South at the time of the Civil War and the United States before and after the Civil War. Combine this sense of division _ in time...television was Ken Burns' documentary, ``The Civil War.'' Thousands of hobbyists spend their...
- New Civil War DVD and Video Series Depicts Life of the Common Soldier.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 1, 2001 700+ words
...programs, DVDs and videos about the American Civil War are about generals and battles. But what...head of both Billy Yank and Johnny Reb. Civil War Minutes tells the life and times of the Civil War soldier in a series of engaging and exciting...
- EDITORIAL: 'Civil war' or not, just find way to bring troops home.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Waterloo Courier (Waterloo, IA) November 30, 2006 700+ words
...come to the decision to use the words "civil war" when speaking of the situation in Iraq...situation in Iraq has deteriorated into civil war," Lauer said. "For the most part...agendas, can now be characterized as civil war." Tony Snow, the White House press...
