9781250075789-1250075785-Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War

Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War

ISBN-13: 9781250075789
ISBN-10: 1250075785
Edition: Reprint
Author: Steve Sheinkin
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Square Fish
Format: Paperback 272 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781250075789
ISBN-10: 1250075785
Edition: Reprint
Author: Steve Sheinkin
Publication date: 2015
Publisher: Square Fish
Format: Paperback 272 pages

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Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War (ISBN-13: 9781250075789 and ISBN-10: 1250075785), written by authors Steve Sheinkin, was published by Square Fish in 2015. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the Civil War (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.6.

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New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young readers the causes and curses that divided America into Union and Confederate nations in Two Miserable Presidents: The Amazing, Terrible, and Totally True Story of the Civil War, illustrated by Tim Robinson.

A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year
A Beacon of Freedom Award Winner

Get the feeling something big is about to happen? Welcome to the Civil War―one of the scariest, saddest, and occasionally wackiest stories in American History.

1856: Northern and Southern settlers attack each other in Kansas.
1858: Congressmen start sneaking guns and knives into the Senate chamber.
1860: President James Buchanan is heard wailing, “I am the last president of the United States!”

Unraveling a very complicated string of events--the small things, the personal ones, the big issues--Steve Sheinkin takes readers behind the scenes that led to The Civil War. It is a time and a war that threatened America's very existence, revealed in the surprising true stories of the soldiers and statesmen who battled it out.

“Chatty and accessible, this book does double duty: it introduces Civil War history for readers who don't know much about it and supplies browsable commentary for those familiar with the big picture...Beginning with a look at the role cotton played in the history, his fast-paced narrative is broken into short, tersely titled vignettes...The horrors of slavery and battlefield slaughter are clear, as are achievements of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and many more.” ―Booklist

Also by Steve Sheinkin:

Bomb: The Race to Build―and Steal―the World's Most Dangerous Weapon
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery
The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights
Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion
King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution
Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America

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