Format:
Book
Author:
Shepard, Ray Anthony, author.
Title:
Now or never! : 54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery / Ray Anthony Shepard.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, An Imprint of Highlights, [2017]
©2017
Description:
144 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Summary:
Dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 11-18.
6th and up.
Subjects:
Stephens, George E. -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) -- Juvenile literature.
African American journalists -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Juvenile literature.
Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Correspondence -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Massachusetts -- New Bedford -- Correspondence -- Juvenile literature.
Soldiers -- Massachusetts -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 -- Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index.
Contents:
George E. Stephens -- Watch night -- James Henry Gooding -- Call to courage -- Hope and glory -- I shall burn this town -- Paymaster's wagon -- Dark heroes -- A grand chance -- Dear old flag -- Are we soldiers? -- Three cheers -- Andersonville -- Mutiny and honor -- The other war -- A final fight and mustering out -- Forward, march! -- Slavery and Civil War -- Timeline.
LCCN:
2017937779
ISBN:
9781629793405 (hardcover)
162979340X (hardcover)
Other Number:
1005189367
System Availability:
16
Current Holds:
0
Control Number:
3565495
Call Number:
973.7415
Course Reserves:
0
# System items in:
16