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A hero to the rebel, a devil to the union man, stand watie led the cherokee indian nation fearlessly and successfully on savage raids behind the union lines. Rifles for watie by harold keith fantastic fiction. Rifles for watie is a book about the civil war that is written for school age readers. He spent the morning helping his father thresh the wheat by hand, using two hickory clubs tied together with. I believed i had enjoyed the experience, so i decided to have another go at it now and hope the historical novel written for teens still holds up.
Winner of the newbery medal an ala notable childrens book winner of the lewis carroll shelf awarda captivating and richly detailed novel about one young soldier who saw the civil war from both sides and lived to tell the tale. The book is also notable for the detailed depiction of contemporary cherokee life in indian territory. Who was supplying rebel leader watie, the christian indian who had galvanized the cherokee indian nation into organized raids behind union lines in kansas and oklahoma, with repeating rifles. Free download or read online rifles for watie pdf epub book. Equipped with new weapons, and bearing lessons well learned from the french, the rifle brigade changed the face of british soldiering for ever. A hero to the rebel, a devil to the union man, stand watie. Get an answer for in chapter 14 of rifles for watie, what was engraved on the bible in the living room. Rifles for watie, 1957 abebooks abebooks shop for books. Rifles for watie is a childrens novel by american writer harold keith. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your computer, smartphone or tablet. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 352 pages and is available in paperback format. With fighting erupting around his kansas farm, sixteenyearold jefferson davis bussey can hardly wait to join the union forces. The story of jeff bussey, a farm boy living in 1861, who joins the union army and goes on an important mission to discover how stand watie and his confederate cherokee rebels are receiving repeating rifles from northern manufacturers.
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