A Rose at Bull Run: Romance and Realities at First Bull Run - Young American Series, #1

Sappey, Maureen Stack

ISBN 10: 1572491337 ISBN 13: 9781572491335

Published by White Mane Publishing, 1998

Language: English

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Title

A Rose at Bull Run: Romance and Realities at First Bull Run - Young American Series, #1

Publisher

White Mane Publishing

Publication Date

1998

Language

English

ISBN 10

1572491337

ISBN 13

9781572491335

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

As New

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After being caught up in the savage Battle of Bull Run, Julie changes her romantic ideas of war

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Grade 5-8-A lightweight coming-of-age tale set at the beginning of the Civil War. Julia, the narrator, is a self-centered 15-year-old orphan who lives with her older and more mature sister, Louisa. As Washington, D.C. residents in 1861, the girls see war preparations daily, but Julia prefers to concentrate on clothes, shopping, and beaux. Her attitude changes when she is part of the civilian crowd that observes the first battle of Bull Run from a picnic site. By the nightmarish day's end, Julia has learned serious lessons and joins Louisa in working to support the Northern cause. Julia's quick transformation from selfish featherhead to sacrificing activist is unconvincing, and reflects problems with the book as a whole. Shallow characterizations, too-convenient coincidences, and a tendency toward exposition in the midst of action mar the pacing and detract from the author's efforts to maintain historical accuracy. The jacket blurb's comparison of this book with Crane's classic The Red Badge of Courage is wide of the mark and then some. Carolyn Reeder's Shades of Gray (S & S, 1989) and Nancy Johnson's My Brothers' Keeper (Down East, 1997) are better choices, as is Ann Rinaldi's fiction covering the period.
Starr E. Smith, Marymount University Library, Arlington, VA
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