Beyond Their Years
Stories of Sixteen Civil War Children
Globe Pequot Publishing · Print & ebook · December 2, 2015
Sometimes a war's greatest heroes are its survivors, those who manage to forge new lives despite the tragedy they have experienced.
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- Who it’s for
- Readers interested in children's Civil War experiences
- Themes
- Children's Civil War experiences, Survival amid wartime hardship, Children's wartime contributions
- Genres
- Civil War Era, Civil Wars
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Sometimes a war's greatest heroes are its survivors, those who manage to forge new lives despite the tragedy they have experienced. For the sixteen unsung heroes profiled in Beyond Their Years, surviving also meant surrendering their childhood. These children found themselves on the edge of the fray - both in combat and in the throes of daily life - helping, or simply enduring, as best their interrupted youths allowed.
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Their behind-the-scenes stories illustrate what it was really like for children during the Civil War. Meet Ransom Powell, a thirteen-year-old drummer boy who survived grueling Confederate prison camps; writer and patriot Maggie Campbell, only eight years old when the war ended; Ulysses S. Grant's son Jesse, who rode proudly alongside Abraham Lincoln's son Tad and Ella Sheppard, daughter of a slave mother and a freed father, who lived through the backlash of slave rebellions. Each of these young survivors' lives represent an amazing contribution to the war effort and to postbellum life. Learn the inspiring stories of these American children who displayed courage, devotion, and wisdom beyond their years.
Who it’s for
- Readers interested in children's Civil War experiences
- Readers drawn to stories of children surviving wartime hardship
Where it sits
| Civil War Era | 78% |
|---|---|
| Civil Wars | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Civil War Era
- Southern U.S. History
- Authors
- Scotti Cohn
- Publisher
- Globe Pequot Publishing
- Published
- December 2, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Children's Civil War experiences · Survival amid wartime hardship · Children's wartime contributions
- Reading lane
- Lives in History