Rifles for Watie

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Summary: Best Book Ever
Review: The book Rifels For Watie is a thrilling book thet takes you back in time during the Civil War and helps you undestand the reasons this war was started.I liked this book because it gives you different points of views from both sides of the war.When Jeff Bussey joings the union spies he has to go behind enemy lines.There he meets young men like himself and meets friends.Jeff even thinks of joining with the confederets.This is a great book to learn a little about history.I can't wait till I get my own copy.

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Summary: A Young Man's War
Review: Have you ever wondered about what life was like for a young teenager growing up in the Union Army during the Civil War? If so, then Harold Keith's book, Rifles For Watie, is the book for you. It follows th journey of a teenager named Jeff, who, in his youthful enthusiasm, joins the Union Army during the Civil War. On this journey he meets friends, makes enemies, and falls in love. He is surprised by the ferocity of the fighting and finds no glory in the victory. This book would be good for teens to young adults.
Rifles For Watie is organized in an easy to read, orderly fashion. There are no jumps from here to there to confuse you. There are however, periods of time with little or no action. An example is, "We stayed in the fort for 3 whole months waiting to get into action." The author also gives you side information about the war as a whole, which will help you keep your bearings on the years.
The age group that I think would get the maximum effectiveness
from enjoying this book would be young adults or people interested in the life of a soldier. The vocabulary is easy to read but the fact that Keith puts in the Kansas accents and spellings might make it slightly harder to read for some. The author also deals with subjects akin to young adults, changing emotions, questioned ideals, and loss.
The amount of emotion in this book is astounding. The author weaves in how Jeff feels and thinks. He describes in detail his thoughts using fear, suspense, and longing, among them. He uses Jeff's emotions by telling how flustered he gets when he met Lucy, a young Rebel teenager his age.
Rifles For Watie is a "must read" for young adults teens and people who like war novels.

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Summary: Josh's Book Review
Review: This book is about the hardships and struggles during the Civil War. Jeff Bussey, a farmer boy, heard about the new war and is very exited. He is very eager to join the volunteer army. He left his farm, mother, and Father, and goes out to fight against the rebel army. Lead by the half-blooded Stand Watie. During the War, Jeff sees many of his new friends die. Jeff discovers a rebel girl that he really likes named Lucy. Then Jeff is sent o spy on the rebel side. He finds the rebels are not so bad and Jeff starts to admire Watie. In the rest of the book Jeff had to decide if he should stay with the rebel side or the union side. This action packed historical fiction should be highly rated. You can feel the troops live through the War conditions while you read this book. If you are looking for a great book to read you should read, "Rifles for Watie."

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Summary: a childhood favorite
Review: rifles for watie is a great book - it was one of my favorites from grade school and i was very happy to pick it up and read it again. jeff is a great character and through him, we see a side of the civil war that is quite different from what we are taught. we learn about the cherokee indian nation and their place in the confederacy, as well as what caused the more western territories and states to enter the war. read it!

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Summary: Rifles for Watie
Review: I loved the book!!! It's about Jefferson Davis Bussey joining the Union Army and fighting the Civil War. Jeff is a intfantry man,a cavalry man, and a spy. On his spy mission, he falls in love with a pretty rebel girl named Lucy Washborne. He is probably the only soldier to fight the Civil War and understand the South and the North sides.

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Summary: My Favorite Book!!
Review: This book depicted a detail and entertaining description of the lives of Civil War soliders and how the war changed them. As i am reading it for about the seventh time I still find things i love in each time i read it, espcially the character Noah Babbit.
I would recommend this book to anyone who has even a slite interest in the Civil War, or just anybody that ikes a good book.

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Summary: I LOVED IT!!!!!
Review: When Jeff Bussey joins the Union Army in 1861, he isn't thinking to free slaves, he just wants to rid his home of the bushwackers who raid his neighbors and tried to kill his father. Rifles for Watie goes deeper into history than any other book I've read. I never realized that there was more to the Civil War that fighting over slavery. In this book, you get to see what life was like on both sides of the battle grounds, when Jeff fights for both the Union and the Confederacy, as a Union spy. Besides being wonderfully researched, this book also has a great collection of lifelike characters. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes historical fiction, and even those who don't. You will definately get something out of it.

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Summary: My opinion of this book
Review: This is a great book. Thae plot is really good. It is very adventurous and has a little mystery to it. The characters are very well described and you get to know them very well. The way it is written will keep you turning the pages.

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Summary: 12 year old homesschooler
Review: I thought Rifles For Watie was really!! Good book. This is probabley my most favorite Civil War book.This book even though it was fiction brought out some of the real expierences of what happend in Civil War.

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Summary: Rifles for Watie
Review: This book is truly one of Harold Keith's best books. He has made Jeff Bussey seem alive when he takes you through his adventures in the Civil War. Jeff constantly came into perils in the book that made me want to keep reading and not stop. He made the battle scenes and the towns seem so real in my mind. This book is a one of a kind. Jeff has been on both sides of the war, seen both side's point of view. He had to make up his mind on which side he stayed on. I was really thinking that he was going to stay with the rebels just because Lucy Washbourne was on that side, but I was wrong. He made friends on both sides of the army and they took him in as their own. His name had a lot to do with it. Jeff's father fought in a war with the south. His name was well known there. I think that if he didn't have that name he wouldn't have been able to get into the rebel front lines. I loved this book and I urge everybody else to read it. It is truly a great book. I will have to get my own copy very soon.