The Boys War, Jim Murphy
The Boys War, Jim Murphy
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The Boys' War
Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War

Author: Jim Murphy

Narrator: Ed Sala

Unabridged: 2 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/16/2008


Synopsis

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (Vermont) This contemporary classic explores the role of boys who fought in the Civil War. No reader’s vision of America’s most brutal and bloody war will be the same after reading this book. “This wrenching look at our nation’s bloodiest conflict through the eyes of its youthful participants serves up history both heartbreaking and enlightening.”—Publishers Weekly Some Union and Confederate soldiers were as young as twelve when they went off to fight in the Civil War. It is thought that as many as ten to twenty percent of all Civil War soldiers may have been under sixteen. The Boys' War follows these young soldiers through the rigors of camp life and drilling, right into the chaos of the battlefield. Jim Murphy skillfully weaves together firsthand accounts and personal letters of these countless young men with historical context to paint their portrait—young soldiers who, either seeking escape from the drudgery of farm work or embracing fantasies of glory, participated in the Civil War. Handsomely produced with numerous period photographs and drawings, The Boys' War is a winner of the Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.

About Jim Murphy

Jim Murphy has written two Newbery Honor books: An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 (which was also a National Book Award finalist) and The Great Fire. He lives in New Jersey. Visit his Web site at www.jimmurphybooks.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Monique

Okay so its been a minute and just getting time to review this book I read as I support a really awesome 5th grade ELA and Social Studies teacher and I like to stay abreast on what they are reading and lo and behold they are getting into one of my admittedly morbid but fascinating favorite time peri......more

Goodreads review by Travis

(Written by my son) The Boys’ War by Jim Murphy is an interesting book. Its perspective of the Civil War is different from any other book about the conflict. In most books, you’ll probably find some historian with lots of facts and statistics giving you a bystander’s point of view. The Boys’ War howe......more