Dadblamed Union Army Cow

By Fletcher, Susan & Root, Kimberly Bulcken

Publishers Summary:
During the Civil War, a devoted cow follows her owner when he joins the Union Army and, despite all his efforts to send her home, stays with him and his regiment until the end of the war. Based on a true story. She just won't git! A Union army soldier can't shake his dadblamed cow in this uplifting tale based on a true story. "THAT DADBLAMED COW!" She follows her owner into the Union army and then straight on south to fight in the war. She needs unstomped grass to eat, she gets stuck in the mud, and she's just plain DANGEROUS in battle. But this peculiar cow also gives the weary soldiers some surprising comforts. Based on stories and newspaper reports from the Civil War and full of lively illustrations, this is a heartwarming tale of one wonderfully dadblamed PERSISTENT cow.

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ISBN
978-0-76362-263-3
Publisher
Cambridge, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2007.


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on August 1, 2007

Gr 2-5 In a spirited, folksy narration that reads like free verse, an unnamed Union soldier relates the story of a "dadblamed cow" that accompanies him and other Indiana Volunteers during many battles and skirmishes of the Civil War. At the recruiting station, on the train, at campsites and in the midst of battle, she marches "step by step/all the way South./"Clop" two three four,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2007

When a man joins the Union Army, his cow follows him into battle. At first he thinks the cow is a nuisance, but afte...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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