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Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg
By ANDERSON, Tanya
- ISBN
- 978-1-4677-0692-6 978-1-4677-1057-2
- Publisher
- 21st Century
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 6–9—Fifteen-year-old Gettysburg resident Matilda Pierce witnessed the momentous 1863 battle and recounted it in her 1889 memoir. Anderson combines lengthy excerpts from the memoir with a narrative that follows the teen and her family through the battle and includes background information about the Pierces and Gettysburg and its importance in the Civil War. The family lived in town, but as the Union and Confederate armies drew near, Tillie's parent...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on June 1, 2013
Tanya Anderson intersperses portions of then-fifteen-year-old Tillie Pierce's diary with summaries and other pertinent information, making for an immediate, relatable read. Useful definitions of certain words are unobtrusively included in the diary, and the details and syntax evoke both the place and time in which it was written: "Fences had di...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on February 1, 2016
Tanya Anderson intersperses portions of then-fifteen-year-old Tillie Pierce's diary with summaries and other pertinent information, making for an immediate, relatable read. Useful definitions of certain words are unobtrusively included in the diary, and the details and syntax evoke both the place and time in which it was written: "Fences had di...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
