![]() ![]() Terrry Bregy does a good job of reading, although there is this harmonica music that occurs randomly ( not at chapter breaks) that was rather strange. It will give you lots to talk about re the issues of the war. If your family is studying the Civil War, I highly recommend this book. This lets you know what it was like without putting a child through emotional stress listening to it. Jephtha has to wrestle with the issue of who to ask for help in deciding what to do (He ends up writing Lincoln, and getting a personal letter from him.) The reality of war is presented carefully in letters from the front. A cousin went and fought for the North and after two years of heavy fighting deserted. Two of his brothers went to fight for the North and one for the South. Jethro Creighton is 9 years-old when many male friends and relatives go off to fight for the North and the South. He was a petted youngest brother at the beginning but had to take over running the farm when his older brothers all went to war. This is the story of the Civil War as it affected ten year old Jephtha. It tore the fabric of our nation as well as within families. Portrays the Reality of the Civil War for Children ![]()
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