Great Battles for Boys: The Civil War

Great Battles for Boys #3

by Joe Giorello

Unforgettable History! Great Battles for Boys is the bestselling history series that sends young readers “into the fight.” Boys learn about the military leaders, weapons, and strategies that won—or lost—history's most important military battles. Want Boys to Read Books? Give them books they WANT to read! History leaps off the page through historic photographs, maps, and short, powerful chapters. Great Battles for Boys will capture the attention of even reluctant readers. The American Civil War More Americans died in this war than all other wars combined—more than 600,000 soldiers. But what REALLY happened? "In many schools these days, students aren’t being taught about the individual battles and struggles of our nation’s history, including Gettysburg." 5 Stars, Amazon review Great Battles for The Civil War. From the first shots at Fort Sumter to the South's surrender at Appomattox, young readers move chronologically through 20 crucial battles, covering all four years of the Civil War. They'll discover which strategies, tactics, and weapons were used, and which military leaders won victory—or suffered defeat. Battle of the One of America's deadliest naval battles, right off the coast of Virginia Ulysses S. Grant bombs, terrorizes, and starves a southern city into surrender. Robert E. Lee invades the North, and pays a terrible price The North literally blows a hole in the South—and still loses the battle. And more! Why was Robert E. Lee considered a military genius, even after he lost the war? What made Ulysses S. Grant such a powerful general—and a difficult man? Sherman's March—who, what, when, where, and why.

Genres: Childrens, History, Civil War

Paperback

First published August 28, 2017

About the author

Joe Giorello teaches a highly popular middle-grade class in the Seattle area called “Great Battles for Boys." Find out more at his website, http:// www.greatbattlesforboys.com, or at the Facebook page for Great Battles: https:// www.facebook.com/greatbattles

Reviews

[Tricia Mingerink]

Proofing this book before giving to my nephews for Christmas. The battles are told with the factual details, even if those details are gory, but without the writing lingering in a gruesome manner that would be inappropriate for the target age-range.

Content Note: Quotes from soldiers are kept entirely accurate, including any language. D*** and h*** are the most common. No S*** or f-bombs. If you are uncomfortable with your younger boys reading that kind of language, you may wish to proof with a black market on hand.

[Sean · Rating 5 out of 5]

this series is the best history book ever! my favorite is this one the civil war. It has a chapter for all the big or important battles. This book also has some really good pictures or paintings of different generals or battles

[Sarah]

Great resource to go with Civil War units. It reviewed all of the major battles and prime players of the war. It was not too gruesome, but definitely had hard parts to read. Ages 9-14.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book with my nephew this summer as he is getting into the Civil War. Great summary of all the battles in the conflict, but I loved how each chapter included a section of "Who fought here" where it went in depth with certain soldiers and personalities. The greatest comment from my nephew was, can we read another book together!

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is an excellent primer to the battles, warfare, and personalities of the Civil War as the title suggest. An excellent resource for those in education or a fun read for those interested in the Civil War. The only complaint is that the author at some points romanticizes the South and its cause as states rights not chattel slavery, but I would not let those things keep you from reading this excellent resource.

[Simeon · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is very detailed and very informative. I didn't know some of the stuff about the Civil War. Like the fact the Civil War was the bloodiest war for America. I didn't even know about most of the sea battles.

[Kristy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview of Civil War for kids. It doesn’t get into too much detail. I am disappointed in the small maps in the book. They are very hard to see. My son loved reading this book. Definitely a good read for a young historian.

[Maverick Larsen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book because their were really good parts. those were the only parts that I liked. Me
personally, why I gave the book 3 stars is because their are a lot of hard and big words. And their
were very exciting parts to. like where the people were and how people survived back then.

[Sarah Schackmann · Rating 5 out of 5]

We are reading through this series in our homeschool. My son and daughter both love listening to these books. The amount of knowledge they get from me reading to them, surprises me. You ask either of them about the Civil War and they could give a good synopsis thanks to this book!

[Jacob Kuntz · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a good book, but needs better maps. It should be longer because it missed a few battles.

[Ryan Kennedy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a grate educational and entertaining read for young adults but even as an actual adult I found incredibly enjoyable.

[Marie Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

My boys enjoyed listening to the stories and I learned a few things too.