Publication

1933 - Houghton Mifflin company, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

65,500 words, Guess

Page Count

262 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • LCCPZ7.S618 Sw

Description

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Description

A powerful, deeply absorbing story in which the reader sees through the eyes of a sensitive boy, John Deane, events preceding the Civil War in the Gettysburg country, the pursuit of escaped negroes, the attack at Harper's Ferry, then war at close range when John's home is taken over by the enemy and he watches the family papers and treasures go to pile up the breastwork.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Swords of steel: the story of a Gettysburg boyHoughton Mifflin company1933-01-01

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