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Gettysburg: The Graphic Novel
Contributor(s): Butzer, C. M. (Author), Butzer, C. M. (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 0061561762     ISBN-13: 9780061561764
Publisher: Harperalley
OUR PRICE: $14.44  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2008
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Annotation: Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is familiar to all Americans. But never has his most famous speech--his 271 indelible words--been presented in such a visual and accessible format.

Graphic artist and Civil War aficionado C. M. Butzer deftly uses a detailed, comic-book style to depict the Battle of Gettysburg; the national movement to create a memorial there; and the quiet day in 1863 when Lincoln delivered his galvanizing speech. Butzer uses only primary sources for the text, drawing from first-person letters and diaries, speeches, and Lincoln's own writing to unpack this series of historical events. The address itself is played out over eighteen pages, with every phrase given a visual interpretation that will resonate with young readers.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels - History
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science - Politics & Government
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
Dewey: 973.734
LCCN: 2008010657
Age Level: 9-12
Grade Level: 4-7
Physical Information: 0.51" H x 7.28" W x 9.3" L (0.84 lbs) 80 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
- Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania
- Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian
Review Citations: School Library Journal 11/01/2008 pg. 150
Booklist 12/01/2008 pg. 46
Kirkus Review - Children 12/01/2008 pg. 1254
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2008
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 128239
Reading Level: 4.7   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 0.5
 
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Publisher Description:

Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is familiar to all Americans. But never has his most famous speech--his 271 indelible words--been presented in such a visual and accessible format.

Graphic artist and Civil War aficionado C. M. Butzer deftly uses a detailed, comic-book style to depict the Battle of Gettysburg; the national movement to create a memorial there; and the quiet day in 1863 when Lincoln delivered his galvanizing speech. Butzer uses only primary sources for the text, drawing from first-person letters and diaries, speeches, and Lincoln's own writing to unpack this series of historical events. The address itself is played out over eighteen pages, with every phrase given a visual interpretation that will resonate with young readers.


Contributor Bio(s): Butzer, C. M.: -

C. M. Butzer is editor-in-chief of Rabid Rabbit, a magazine anthology of comic artists. This is his first book. Butzer lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.


 
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