Conrad Elroy, Powder Monkey
Subtitle: The Role of the Navy in the Civil War
Edition: Reinforced Library Binding
Series: Reading Essentials in Social Studies
Publisher: Perfection Learning
Published: August 15, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780756945749
Subjects: Naval operations; United States.; Powder Monkeys; History; Children's Books/Ages 9-12; United States; Children: Grades 4-6; Navy; Juvenile literature; History - United States/Civil War; Civil War, 1861-1865; History - United States/19th Century
Genres: Juvenile Historical Fiction/Nonfiction
First sentence: Explains the role that the Union and Confederate navies played in the Civil War and includes the fictitious story of a young U.S. Navy powder monkey caught in the middle of war.
This book contains archival photographs, maps, and colored paintings. It also includes bolded vocabulary words with a glossary and an index. Children will be able to identify with the young, main character and learn about an important event in American history at the same time.
Description: Educational Children's Book  (Ages 9-12)
Notes: The author, Alvin Robert Cunningham, is a retired educator of 34 years. He taught American History at Henry High School in Henry, Illinois and Social Studies in the Ottawa Elementary Schools in Ottawa, Illinois. Mr. Cunningham enjoys reading, expecially about American history in the 19th century. He and his wife enjoy living at their new home in Streator, Illinois.
Table of contents: pagenum: 5
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title: Introduction; pagenum: 10
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title: The Plan; pagenum: 15
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title: Honor Not the War, but the Warrior; pagenum: 20
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title: Be a Man Today; pagenum: 24
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title: Medal of Honor; pagenum: 29
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title: Blackade-Runners and Commerce Raiders; pagenum: 34
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title: Ironclads; pagenum: 38
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title: The Battle of Mobile Bay; pagenum: 42
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title: Powder Monkeys; pagenum: 44
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title: Afterword; pagenum: 45
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title: Glossary; pagenum: 48
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title: Index