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Braving the Fire Hardcover - 2002
by John B. Severance
John B. Severance, whose latest biography was Einstein, Visionary Scientist, now turns his research skills and fine eye for detail to fiction. The last two years of the Civil War are the setting for this fast-paced story of a 15-year-old Maryland farm boy who joins the Union Army, despite being torn between loyalty to his father, a Union officer, and loyalty to his grandfather, a Confederate. When foraging Confederate soldiers burn down the barn on Jem’s land, he and his best friend go off on what they think will be a glorious adventure. But they are hardly prepared for the true face of battle as they fight the enemy—boys like themselves—in the woods and swamps, become part of the regiment proudly known as General Barlow’s Boys, march through blood-soaked cornfields, and witness death. Details of the soldiers’ daily life and vivid depictions of actual battles and historical figures are interwoven with bits of dark humor and even a touch of romance in this well-wrought novel that clearly shows there is no glory in war.
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John B. Severance, whose latest biography was Einstein, Visionary Scientist, now turns his research skills and fine eye for detail to fiction. The last two years of the Civil War are the setting for this fast-paced story of a 15-year-old Maryland farm boy who joins the Union Army, despite being torn between loyalty to his father, a Union officer, and loyalty to his grandfather, a Confederate. When foraging Confederate soldiers burn down the barn on Jem’s land, he and his best friend go off on what they think will be a glorious adventure. But they are hardly prepared for the true face of battle as they fight the enemyboys like themselvesin the woods and swamps, become part of the regiment proudly known as General Barlow’s Boys, march through blood-soaked cornfields, and witness death. Details of the soldiers’ daily life and vivid depictions of actual battles and historical figures are interwoven with bits of dark humor and even a touch of romance in this well-wrought novel that clearly shows there is no glory in war.
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- Title Braving the Fire
- Author John B. Severance
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition FIRST EDITION
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Clarion Books, NEW YORK
- Date 2002-09-23
- ISBN 9780618229994 / 061822999X
- Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
- Dimensions 8.58 x 5.72 x 0.71 in (21.79 x 14.53 x 1.80 cm)
- Ages 10 to 12 years
- Grade levels 5 - 7
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002003630
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
Media reviews
4Q "The daily grind of a soldier's day comes across . . . an excellent basis for discussions on history, death, and responsibility." Horn Book
"This frank realistic portrayal [is] a good novel to share with readers too caught up in the romance’ of war." School Library Journal
"This frank realistic portrayal [is] a good novel to share with readers too caught up in the romance’ of war." School Library Journal
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