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If You Lived At The Time Of The Civil War (If You.) Review

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If You Lived At The Time Of The Civil War (If You.) Overview

Describes conditions for the civilians in both North and South during and immediately after the war.

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Springboard For Discussion - Randall R. Rector - Fort Scott, KS United States
As the saying goes, "There are two sides to every story." Even if you find it disgusting, this book could be used to instruct children on how history is often presented, and if you disagree, use some materials with it that you believe to be more accurate. I need to remind myself not to become as one-sided as I may accuse a book of being. To say, "Northerners didn't give a damn about slaves" sweeps away the whole Abolitionist movement with one broad brush. It is true that there was slavery in the North, and most people don't know that some Native Americans owned slaves! And personally I think the South was right on most of the reasons for which it went to war to defend itself. But just because most Southerners didn't own slaves and men like Robert E. Lee believed slavery would be done away with, it still remains that slavery was the Achilles heel of the South. It certainly was a major issue on the plains of "Bleeding Kansas" (1854-1861) where the Civil War actually began. If you are unfamiliar with that conflict, a couple of good resources are "War To The Knife" by Thomas Goodrich, and "Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era" by Nicole Etcheson.

From a Yankee Teacher - Megan Deperro - NY
This is 1 Yankee who really knows her history! I am teacher in NY state and when I took a look at this book in the library, I wasn't too pleased. Rhode Island had more slaves than any other state! Next, the South did not want to secede b/c they wanted to keep slaves, but because they thought they were being taxed unfairly. Northerners didn't give a damn about slaves, and some Northerners kept slaves as well.
Lincoln even used the issue of enslavement to gain popularity for the Union to make the Confederate states look bad. "If I could save the nation by freeing all the slaves I would do it, and if I could save the nation without freeing any slave I would do it" ~ Abraham Lincoln

Bigoted, Biased Ballyhoo! - M. Nancy Rogers - Columbia, SC, United States
I would really like to know if Ms. Moore actually believes what she wrote, or simply did it for the money. Either way, the book is shameful and filled with inaccuracies, inuendo, half-truths and fabrications. If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War is a shining example of Political Correctness at its finest. Don't waste your money.

Don't Waste Your Money - LivingBooks -
on this book, unless you wish to follow the mindless politically correct rewritten version of history that you find pretty much everywhere these days. I am a teacher, a historian, and a woman whose ancestors fought proudly for the Union Army. That said, I recognize this book for what it is. If you're really looking for something historically accurate, then you would better spend your money on books which detail - even for this age group - the War Between the States in much more realistic and honest terms. They are out there. Though I'm not quite as passionate as some of the reviewers below, I agree with their sentiment entirely. This book is simply fluff with almost no historical value - actually, it's worse than that, because it does perpetuate false stereotypes. It's especially bad because it's done in the guise of educational fiction. Shame on Scholastic.

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