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2009

Format:	Book
Author:	Murphy, Jim, 1947-2022
Title:	A savage thunder : Antietam and the bloody road to freedom / Jim Murphy.
Edition:	1st ed.
Publisher, Date:	New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, ©2009.
Description:	vi, 103 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 x 27 cm
Summary:	In September 1862, two great armies faced each other across Antietam Creek. The outnumbered Confederate forces were led by General Robert E. Lee. The Union army was led by General George B. McClellan. Jim Murphy uses archival photographs, maps, and firsthand accounts to recreate one of America's most important battles.
Target Audience Note:	1180 Lexile. Ages 8-12.
Subjects:	Antietam, Battle of, Md., 1862 -- Juvenile literature.
Other Title:	Antietam and the bloody road to freedom
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-98) and index. Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.8 5.0 131132. Reading Counts RC 6-8 11.7 7.0 46822. Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 8.8 5 SD Quiz 131132 English non-fiction. A Junior Library Guild selection Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010
Contents:	Invasion -- Panic -- Onwards -- S.O. 191 -- The gaps -- Retreat -- A great tumbling together -- The sunken road -- Burnside's bridge -- Cemetery Hill -- The smell of death -- Emancipation.
Web Site:	Table of contents
LCCN:	2008032738
ISBN:	9780689876332 0689876335
Other Number:	241304363
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Control Number:	247054
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Call Number:	j 973.7336 Murphy

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