num_pages: 160
description: Private John Griffith Allen is a 15-year-old Confederate soldier from South Carolina. He survives the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 only to be captured by Yankee soldiers and sent as a prisoner of war to the notorious death trap called Point Lookout. After taking the oath of allegiance, switching sides, and becoming a "Galvanized Yankee," Griff is sent to remote Fort Rice on the upper Missouri River in Dakota Territory. There, he sturggles to discover who he is while surviving the rigors of a hositle new environment and a terrifying Indian war. His encounter with two half-sisters living at Fort Rice challenges his pregudices and forces him to reconsider what it means to be a hero. br&gt;Jamestown’s American Portraits explores the growth of different generations and cultures through the lives of young boys and girls. These titles are told from a diverse group of boys and girls, coming from different and unique backgrounds that represent America’s own diverse population, spanning from the Jamestown Settlement to the Civil Rights Movement.Titles in this • This Generation of A Story of the Civil Rights Movement, by Fredrick L. McKissack, Jr.• The Road to A Story of the Reconstruction, by Jabari Asim• All For A Story of Texas Liberation, by G. Clifton Wisler• The Worst of A Story of the Great Depression, by James Lincoln Collier• Wind on the A Story of the Civil War, by Laurie Lawlor• When I Dream of Angelina’s Story, by Steven Kroll (1895 Italian Immigrant in NYC)• An Eye for an A Story of the Revolutionary War, by Peter and Connie Roop• Sweet An Immigrant’s Story, by Steven Kroll• The Corn A Story of the Jamestown Settlement, by James Lincoln Collier• Revenge of the A Story of 1920s Hollywood, by Susan Bet
language: English
title: Wind on the River: A Story of the Civil War
titlecomplete: Wind on the River: A Story of the Civil War (Jamestown's American Portraits)
ratings_count: 23
series: Jamestown's American Portraits
publisher: Brighter Child