A Confederate Girl: The Diary of Carrie Berry, 1864 (Diaries, Letters & Memoirs)

Berry, Carrie; Todd, Anne M.

ISBN 10: 0736803432 ISBN 13: 9780736803434

Publisher: Blue Earth Books, 2000

Synopsis

Excerpts from the diary of Carrie Berry, describing her family's life in the Confederate south in 1864. Includes activities and a timeline of the era.

About this title

About the Author:

Carrie Berry is a Capstone Press author.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 4-6-These selected excerpts from diaries capture the daily lives, events, and emotions of three young people who lived through the turbulent years before or during the Civil War. Introductory overviews are followed by portions of the individuals' diaries, interspersed with informative sidebars and insets, sepia-tinted photographs and full-color reproductions, a craft or cooking activity, and an abbreviated time line. Younger readers will identify most closely with Berry's words in A Confederate Girl because of her age (10) and writing style. Bircher's diary chronicles his life at the age of 15 while Forten's journal begins when she was 16. Whether chosen for assignment use or personal reading, these volumes will hold the interest of youngsters and help them understand and identify with the events, places, and people in history. Additionally, they will give students experience with primary-source materials and expand the portraits of young people as presented in such works as Jim Murphy's The Boys' War (Clarion, 1990) and Candice Ransom's Children of the Civil War (Carolrhoda, 1998).
Janie Schomberg, Leal Elementary School, Urbana, IL
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Blue Earth Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0736803432
• ISBN 13: 9780736803434
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 32
• Editor: Todd Anne M., Steele Christy
• Illustrator: Clavel Linda, Bielke Kia