Hard Cover / Library Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Library Edition. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Heel of spine bumped on edge - curves in with 1/8" slits on side edges. Summary from copyright page: An illustrated version of the well-known poem describing the swift ride through the Virginia countryside of Union General Sheridan to rejoin his troops before the decisive battle of Cedar Creek in 1864. Glossy pictorial covers. 32 pages.

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Title

Sheridan's Ride

Publisher

New York: Greenwillow Books, 1993, New York

Publication Date

1993

Language

English

ISBN 10

0688108741

ISBN 13

9780688108748

Binding

Hard Cover / Library Binding

Illustrator

Illustrated By Nancy Winslow Parker

Edition

Library Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

No Jacket

Seller catalogs

Juvenile and Children

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Synopsis

A classic poem recounts the legend of General Philip Sheridan, a Union officer whose timely arrival at the battlefield at Cedar Creek in 1864 saved the day for the Union Army.

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-6-- Parker brings to this 1863 narrative poem the same respect for historical events that she demontrated in her versions of Paul Revere's Ride (1985) and Barbara Frietchie (1992, both Greenwillow). The accessibility and dramatic verve of Read's account of Sheridan's mad dash to save the Union troops at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia, remain for modern readers and are ably interpreted in the full-color drawings. Parker plays with perspective, shifting from Sheridan and his valiant black horse, Rienzi, to the cannons of the Confederacy. She takes care to get historical details right, noting in her endnotes where Read took poetic license with historic events. Above all, her illustrations capture the excitement of the original ride; readers feel that "Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play/with Sheridan only ten miles away." A thoughtful gallop through the past. --Kathleen Whalin, Belfast Public Library, ME
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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