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The Perilous Road
The heartbreaking, bitter view of the Civil War as experienced by Chris Brabson, whose brother is fighting for the "wrong" side.
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
September 1st 2004
by Sandpiper
(first published 1958)
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Captures the conflicts of a civil war beautifully. 11-year old Tennesseean Chris resents Yankee pilfering of the food he's worked so hard to grow and gather; when his older brother joins the Union army, Chris is angry and ashamed. His efforts to get back at the Yankees bring him to a full experience of the horrors of war, and of the humanity of both sides. And has he caused his brother's death? In a relatively short book, over the course of a few days, Steele states his case: war makes people do...more
Chris is a confederate through and through. He discovers that war is more than a battle of ideas when he reports a vanguard of Yankees moving through the woods near his Tennessee home and finds that his brother is part of the Yankee troop. In his attempt to warn his brother, Chris meets the dreaded Yankees soldiers and learns how much all men have in common. Published in 1958 a recommend JF classic.
I'm reading this one in class and it's pretty good.....it's around the time of the civil war....it can get intense! It's not boring I can tell you that!
Jul 28, 2011
Danette
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This would be a good book for a combination lit/his unit if there were enough copies available.
Warning to anyone wanting their kids to read this (or read to them): chapter 13 is pretty graphic.
I liked that it ended peaceful after so much hatred. It caught my interest.
This book is a great middle-grade "thinker". A young man has an eye opening experience during the civil war. This story was heart-warming.
Pretty good
if your a reader like me
You'll understand 85% of the book though
if your a reader like me
You'll understand 85% of the book though
Feb 08, 2009
Mckenna
is currently reading it
this book is intense when it ends a chapter
Good Civil War adventure story.
it shose how much hate somthing can do
A little over-wrought.
idk its supeerrrrrr?
It was okay.
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Oct 24, 2008
Sierra
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1 of 5 stars
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People who use slang and want to waste their time!!
OMG!! SO DUMB! I HATED IT!!!!!!!!! I'M NOT SOUTHERN PPL!!!!
Another classic story by a great author.
it was okay
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