Rating: 
Summary: This Book is great!
Review: This book is great! At first I found myself putting the book down many times. Once I got to the third chapter I found I could not stop reading it. I started as a book for a unit in school, but didn't finish it in time. I feel as if I could read this a million times.
Rating: 
Summary: a good in school book but not a take home
Review: I had tyo read this book for english this year. Compared to some of the outher books I had to read it was very good, but outherwise it was marginal. I love learning about the civil war, so I would be lying if I said I wasn't dissiponted with this book
Rating:
Summary: This book is very compelling.
Review: This school year I had to choose what book I was going to read I choose because their were not anymore left. I liked it a whole lot. In fact that weekend I read it the whole time even got in some trouble since I read it so long. I was intresting that you learned felt feelings for the defeated side of the Civil War not just the side that won. I was intresting that in the Civil War that General Watie had almost an all Native American army. How the evil Captian Clardy sold guns to the Confederates.
Rating:
Summary: A great novel about American history
Review: I absoulutly love this book! I am 13 and just got done reading this book for my 8th grade history class. We had to read the book and write journals as if we were actually Jeff and tell about the war and our opinions as the book went on.I am amazed how much detail this book went into, it covered the bushwackers and when Jeff first went in, his girl Lucy Washbourne,how much he wanted to be in a battle and when he figured out that the men on the rebel side were just like him. The title was clever and how is was come up with! well this book is a keeper and hopefully others will get to enjoy this timeless classic also!
Rating:
Summary: An excellent story!!!!!!!!
Review: I first read this book when I was ten years old, I have read it fourteen times since then. It is an incredible story that revolves around young Jefferson Davis Bussey, a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War. It gives great detail to Army life, and an accurate historical account of how things were. The story involves Jeff's enemy Captain Asa Clardy and Jeff's love for a beautiful young rebel girl named Lucy Washbourne and his many roles in the infantry, the calvary and even as a spy. It should be required reading in elementary schools, especially for young boys.
Rating:
Summary: This book rules!!!
Review: Rifles for Watie was a superb book about young Jefferson Davis Bussey of the Union Army and his enemy, the evil Captain Clardy.There were very vivid details and well described characters.I recommend this book to anyone who likes a good story. I also believe it would be a good idea for children under ten reading this book with an adult. This book could be considered slow at some places, but believe me that if you like history, Civil War, or maybe just a good book, you've got the right one.
Rating:
Summary: Spectacular Historical Fiction
Review: I first read this delightful novel in 1968 or 1969. It continues to be one of my favorite books. Historian and former OU sports information director Harold Keith actually makes history "fun" for teenagers with this award-winning tale, as RIFLES FOR WAITIE gives readers a full account of the brutal Civil War campaign in the Indian Territories of the frontier.At the heart of Keith's story is young Jeff Bussey, who joins a regiment of Kansas volunteers as a 16-year-old, idealistic adventure seeker. Jeff's idealism is short-lived once he confronts the horrors and barbarism of war; it is replaced by disillusionment, bitterness, fear. Although written in the Fifties, Keith cuts no corners in portraying the brutality of the Civil War in Oklahoma Territory; the reader can smell the smoke, hear the deafening roar of cannon, feel the bullets whistle past. And as young Jeff matures. . .becomes a battle-hardened survivor. . .he is sent on an assignment behind enemy lines--only to discover the men he is fighting are just like him: cold, tired, hungry, and ready to go home. Wonderfully written and flawlessly paced, RIFLES FOR WAITIE is an absorbing read. Highly recommended for teenagers or history buffs wanting to learn more about the Civil War in Oklahoma.
--D. Mikels
Rating:
Summary: Spectacular Historical Fiction
Review: I first read this delightful novel in 1968 or 1969. It continues to be one of my favorite books. Historian and former OU sports information director Harold Keith actually makes history "fun" for teenagers with this award-winning tale, as RIFLES FOR WAITIE gives readers a full account of the brutal Civil War campaign in the Indian Territories of the frontier. At the heart of Keith's story is young Jeff Bussey, who joins a regiment of Kansas volunteers as a 16-year-old, idealistic adventure seeker. Jeff's idealism is short-lived once he confronts the horrors and barbarism of war; it is replaced by disillusionment, bitterness, fear. Although written in the Fifties, Keith cuts no corners in portraying the brutality of the Civil War in Oklahoma Territory; the reader can smell the smoke, hear the deafening roar of cannon, feel the bullets whistle past. And as young Jeff matures. . .becomes a battle-hardened survivor. . .he is sent on an assignment behind enemy lines--only to discover the men he is fighting are just like him: cold, tired, hungry, and ready to go home. Wonderfully written and flawlessly paced, RIFLES FOR WAITIE is an absorbing read. Highly recommended for teenagers or history buffs wanting to learn more about the Civil War in Oklahoma.
--D. Mikels
Rating:
Summary: Example of finest fiction for younger readers
Review: I first read Rifles for Watie in sixth grade and still find that almost twenty years later I enjoy the book almost as much now as that first read. Written by Harold Keith, this book takes you with Jeff Bussey as he moves from his family farm in Kansas to the forefront of the civil war theater. Keith vividly depicts Jeff's interaction with the union army and many of the battles fought. Keith does an exceptional job of adding dimension to Jeff's experiences. I can't say enough about this book. Already past its fiftieth birthday, I believe this book is as fresh as the day it was written and I look forward to sharing it with my son.
Rating:
Summary: Compelling Novel for a 4th Grader....
Review: I can't believe this book is still available! This was one of the very few books I remember by title that I read when I was in the 4th Grade in 1957. It made quite an impression on a ten year old... so much so that I can recall it so vividly after forty-six years. It had to be great to leave such a positive impression for so long.
| 
