Monthly Archives: February 2015

Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War

Posted on February 27, 2015 by

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War Author: Sam R. Watkins Cover illustrator: David Zachary Cohen Publisher: Touchstone, reprinted in 2003 ISBN-13: 978-0743255417 ISBN-10: 0743255410 Related website: http://www.simonsays.com (publisher) Language level: 3 (1=nothing … Continue reading →

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We Were There With the Mayflower Pilgrims

Posted on February 26, 2015 by

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: We Were There With the Mayflower Pilgrims Author: Robert N. Webb Illustrator: Charles J. Andres Publisher: Grosset and Dunlap, 1956 ASIN: B0006AUIFQ Hardcover ASIN: B007T3QGB8 Paperback Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish … Continue reading →

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They Heard Him Gladly: A Critical Study of Benjamin Franklin’s Preaching

Posted on February 21, 2015 by

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: They Heard Him Gladly: A Critical Study of Benjamin Franklin’s Preaching Author: Ottis L. Castleberry Publisher: Old Paths Book Club, 1963 ASIN: B001IPKJLQ Hardcover ASIN: B0007EXM40 Paperback Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or … Continue reading →

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The Youngest General: A Story of Lafayette

Posted on February 20, 2015 by

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: The Youngest General: A Story of Lafayette Author: Fruma Gottschalk Illustrator: Rafaello Busoni Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf; 1949 ASIN: B0007DZ82U Language level: 1 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms; 3=some cursing or profanity; … Continue reading →

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Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters 1929 – 1932

Posted on February 19, 2015 by

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters 1929 – 1932 Author: Anne Morrow Lindbergh Publisher: Mariner Books, reissued in 1993 ISBN-13: 978-0151421763 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0151421765 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0156421836 Paperback ISBN-10: 0156421836 Paperback Language … Continue reading →

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Flight from Natchez

Posted on February 9, 2015 by

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: Flight from Natchez Author: Frank Gill Slaughter Publisher: Pocket Books, republished in 1974 ISBN-13: 978-0090275106 Hardcover: ISBN-10: 0090275101 Hardcover: ISBN-13: 978-0671784393 Paperback ISBN-10: 0671784390 Paperback Language level: 3 (1=nothing objectionable; 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang … Continue reading →

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John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois

Posted on February 8, 2015 by

HOME SCHOOL BOOK REVIEW Book: John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois Author: James Pickett Jones Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, reprinted in 2001 ISBN-13: 978-0813007298 Hardcover ISBN-10: 0813007291 Hardcover ISBN-13: 978-0809323890 Paperback ISBN-10: 0809323893 Paperback Related website: http://www.siu.edu/~siupress (publisher) … Continue reading →

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