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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 973.7 EAN: 9780590454223 Edition: Updated ISBN: 0590454226 Label: Scholastic Paperbacks Manufacturer: Scholastic Paperbacks Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 64 Publication Date: September 01, 1994 Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks Reading Level: Ages 9-12 Studio: Scholastic Paperbacks Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Book Description: Describes conditions for the civilians in both North and South during and immediately after the war. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Bigoted, Biased Ballyhoo!I would really like to know if Ms. Moore actually believes what she wrote, or simply did it for the money. Either way, the book is shameful and filled with inaccuracies, inuendo, half-truths and fabrications. If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War is a shining example of Political Correctness at its finest. Don't waste your money. Rating: - Don't Waste Your Moneyon this book, unless you wish to follow the mindless politically correct rewritten version of history that you find pretty much everywhere these days. I am a teacher, a historian, and a woman whose ancestors fought proudly for the Union Army. That said, I recognize this book for what it is. If you're really looking for something historically accurate, then you would better spend your money on books which detail - even for this age group - the War Between the States in much more realistic and honest ... Read More Rating: - Unrealistic bookWhile I will concede that the book is an easy read, it does talk down to the child and the book constantly contradicts itself. One example from the book: Women and children in the South were not use to doing things for themselves. Then showing children with barefoot. If a child is rich enough to not "do" for himself he would not be barefoot as only poor people were barefooted in those days. Secondly very few people in the South actually owned slaves, something the book doesn't ... Read More Rating: - ShamefulThis book IF YOU does not give the actual facts of why the Civil War was fought, such as the South was tired of paying unfair taxes, coastal water monopolies (by the North) and tariffs. The IF You book goes with the party line of the South fought to keep slaves. Slavery while an issue of the Civil War wasn't a major issue; in fact some of the largest slave holders in the South were against secession as they felt slavery would be held safer in the Union then outside the Union [Even Lincoln wrote ... Read More Rating:  - Great kids book with nice illustrations.All of the "If you Lived at the Time of..." books are great for kids, and also a nice, quick read for adults! What I like about them is their layout, which is easy for readers to follow. Each page begins with a question, "Would you have seen a battle in the South?" for example. Nicely drawn illustrations accompany each answer. The book itself is small and lightweight enough to be handled easily by kids. Issues between the North and South are explained simply and, I believe, fairly. 
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