Literature connections.

Across five Aprils by Irene Hunt, copyright 1964

The historical novel, Across five Aprils, set at the time of the Civil War, chronicles the war as well as the story of a young boy's growing up. A sourcebook of activities and related readings accompanies this coming-of-age novel

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Across five Aprils / Irene Hunt -- From The boys' war / Jim Murphy --

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mysterious Mr. Lincoln / Russell Freedman --

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Gettysburg address / Abraham Lincoln --

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drummer boy of Shiloh / Ray Bradbury -- Around the campfire / Andrew Hudgins --

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huts at Esquimaux / Norman Duble --

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Sniper / Liam O'Flaherty -- from Voices from the battlefield / Milton Meltzer