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Diary of a Drummer Boy
By Brill, Marlene Targ & Garland, Michael
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-76130-118-9
- Publisher
- Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 1998.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 1998
Gr 2-5 This imagined journal of Orion Howe, a real boy who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War, has the tone of nonfiction. The entries sound like letters a young boy of this time period would write to a friend. Before the war starts, Orion lives on an Illinois farm with his family. The Howes are imbued with faith in President Lincoln as well as a hatred of slavery. Orion and his brother...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
