Particularize Books Supposing With Lee in Virginia
| Original Title: | With Lee in Virginia: A Story of the American Civil War |
| ISBN: | 0486434567 (ISBN13: 9780486434568) |
| Edition Language: | English |
G.A. Henty
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.81 | 814 Users | 47 Reviews
Be Specific About Appertaining To Books With Lee in Virginia
| Title | : | With Lee in Virginia |
| Author | : | G.A. Henty |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | July 19th 2004 by Dover Publications (first published 1890) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Military History. Civil War. Classics |
Representaion To Books With Lee in Virginia
Over the last few evening my family (ages 5-39) has listened to this excellent audio, which we concluded tonight.What I appreciated most about this story was contemplating the Civil War from the South's perspective. It enrages me to realize that we were only taught one side in public school.....which is.....the North was good, they wanted to end slavery, therefore the South is bad. Now as an adult who has since chosen to redeem her own education, I realize why government schools wanted us to think that, but that's another conversation. To find that Lee rejoiced slavery coming to an end, yet had fought the war for State's rights made me admire him, and I look forward to studying more. Authors like GA Henty are sparse these days and I am thankful for this gem of a book.
Rating Appertaining To Books With Lee in Virginia
Ratings: 3.81 From 814 Users | 47 ReviewsAppraise Appertaining To Books With Lee in Virginia
I had heard a lot about G.A. Henty and his excellent books for boys, so I wanted to read one. I was surprised to find this amidst my own books, a castoff from someone, somewhere. So I read it. There was one thing about this book that stood out very strongly to me. I have read a lot about the Civil War, but little about the war from a Southern perspective (after all, most history is written by the winners!). After reading this book, I understood to a new level of clarity why the Southerners wereAh, Henty. Never a disappointment! :)This particular book rather started a chain of curiosity, studying, and reading about the Civil War that's ended up changing my whole perspective.
I was not a big fan of this book. I thought it was kinda boring. But if you like reading about books about the war I think it would be a good book. Other than being boring it was a good book. I know a lot of people that really enjoyed the book.
The Henty books were required school reading for me back in middle school and while some of them bored me to the point of tears, this one was always my favorite. The characters were good, it had lots of action, and from what I remember it was really well told. Boys and girls will love this one.
Listened to the Heirloom Audio production of this work.
Always a good read Henry always holds my interest by cast historical facts into terms of interesting characters who are convincingly real. From Ancient Rome to the America West he has the magic to introduce you into that period of history with the same comfort and ease.
I admit, I skimmed through some of this book. While I loved how Henty presented the argument for the South, this book was not as good as some of his others at having the characters be part of great events. Vincent spends most of his time not fighting, but in prison or wandering around after escaping. Good, but not my favorite.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.