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Reviewed on April 1, 2007
Gr 5-8 While these books offer brief, fairly conventional overviews of the wars, their strength lies in their use of primary-source materials. Journal entries from soldiers, letters from wives left at home, and personal recollections from major players such as Paul Revere are smoothly incorporated into the texts. The writing is engaging enough to hold readers' focus, and it is interspersed with maps, paintings, and screenshots from various Web sites that were used as source materi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More