WEEP NOT FOR ME, DEAR MOTHER by Eli Pinson Landers, Elizabeth Whitley Roberson (Editor), Stephen McCall (Illus) ( 9781565543898 )

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Title:

WEEP NOT FOR ME, DEAR MOTHER

By:

Eli Pinson Landers, Elizabeth Whitley Roberson (Editor), Stephen McCall (Illus)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£19.95
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ISBN 10:

1565543890

ISBN 13:

9781565543898

Publisher:

PELICAN PUBLISHING CO

Pub. date:

30 April, 1998

Pages:

168

Description:

These Civil War letters, written with the faith and steadfast loyalty of a young Georgia soldier, reveal to us a human dimension of that bloodiest of all American wars.

Synopsis:

ACCELERATED READER PROGRAM SELECTIONCHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL NOTABLE CHILDREN'S TRADE BOOK IN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL STUDIES FOR 1997"Ms. Roberson brings to life Eli Landers and his family in this truly outstanding book." -Civil War Courier"I expect to be a man of honor to our country at the risk to my life." -Pvt. Eli Pinson Landers, letter dated September 24, 1863, camp near Chattanooga, TNWhen her neighbor handed her a stack of yellowed letters that had been rescued from an Atlanta, Georgia, trash pile, author Elizabeth Whitley Roberson had no idea she was about to embark on a fact-finding mission through six states, from Civil War battlegrounds in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to Gwinnett County in North Georgia. The author of these letters was a young man named Eli Pinson Landers, a Confederate soldier in the Civil War. Weep Not For Me, Dear Mother is a collection of the letters this brave young man diligently wrote to his mother, Susan Landers, back in their home of Yellow River, Georgia. The book traces his life in battles at Gettysburg, Manassas, and Chickamauga, among others.

Illustrations:

illustrations, maps

Publication:

Imprint:

Pelican Publishing Co

Returns:

Returnable

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