Rifles for Watie

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Summary: Fantastic historical fiction!
Review: I read this book so many times in elementary school that my name by itself filled the library card for it. I still remember just about every detail of the plot. Fantastic story while still paying attention to history. Must read!

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Summary: the first novel I read that lead me to a lifetime of reading
Review: I first read this book in 4th grade and I read it many times after that. The first book that had a comprehensive plot, characters that you understood and pages that had to be turned before the light could be extinguished. I'm 36 now and I still remember taking Rifles out of the Hillside Elementary School Library and not wanting to return it .

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Summary: WOW! What a cool book!
Review: When my 5th grade literature teacher handed out this book for us to read I groaned like 1,000 times! I thought this was going to be the most boring book in the world! But then, like, by the 4th chapter I was so into it, I started going to sleep late reading this cool book! All I can say is that this has been one of the coolest book's I have read through out my primary school years!I definetely reccomend this awesome book!

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Summary: Where has this book been all my life?
Review: I first read this book in 1983 (when I was nine) and read it probably four more times before I left elementary school in 1985. I can't say enough good things about the story. It paints an amazingly complete picture of the life of a young man turned soldier in the american west during the civil war. It's hard to convey the adventure and high drama of the story, but suffice to say that back then it ranked high up on my list of most entertaining things ever (just below star wars). My Jr. High didn't have the book in the library, and since then I've always kept an eye out for Rifles for Watie, but haven't encountered it since. Thanks to amazon.com I'm soon going to get the chance to read it again!

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Summary: Masterul!!!
Review: This book was the first real novel I ever. I have read it four more times since. Keith is a wonderful storyteller and he makes you care about the characters. A must read!

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Summary: Rifles for Watie is a great mix of action and suspense
Review: Rifles for Watie is a great book about action romance and suspense. I recommend this book for 5th graders and up. This book will capture you and keep you turning the pages.

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Summary: Great novel, but not that of a "historically true" one.
Review: This is a great book to read if you're not into the Civil War and just want to learn a little about it. But if you are a Civil War buff (like me) you will instantly notice the historical faults. For example, when Jeff gets to see the new Spencer reapeting rifle he says wow "You can load her on sunday and shoot her all the rest of the week." That was the classical comment that followed the Spencer, and I dont think that a made up character can take the credit for saying it. Also, the quick paced beginning of Jeff's enlistment is unprobable. The fact that Jeff got less than a month of training on the drill field is unlikely. It would take much more drilling and training to prepare for battle than the amount proposed in the book. If you are not interested in the Civil War, I'm sorry I had to bore you with those details. Before I began to write this I put a 4 star rating, but now I decided to change it to five. It is a fun book to read and very exciting. If your are just starting on the Civil War I would recommend it!!!

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Summary: Couldn't put this book down!!!
Review: this book is really a good historical fiction. I think that Harold Keith does a really good job portraying his characters.

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Summary: This is a really good book
Review: This is a really great book. I love reading about the civil war, and I just finished a book from the perspective of a rebel (With Every Drop Of Blood by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier) and so I wanted one from a Yankee perspective. This book is really great. About Jeff Bussey and his life as a Union Solider, Trooper, then even a member of the Confederate Army! You can never predict what is going to happen next, it really is exciting. I hated to put this book down when I was reading it. Strongly recommended.

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Summary: Better than expected
Review: When I first saw this book, I thought it might be lightweight easy reading. I was surprised and delighted to find that it went much deeper than I originally expected. Rifles for Watie is a very good fictional book for teens as well as adults. Even though it is fiction, you learn something and you feel something.