Rifles for Watie

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Summary: Made up for boring History class!
Review: Many people view me as odd when I tell them I think the Civil War is an exciting prospect. This is surely due to the fact that our History teacher did such an awful job teaching it. This book is what helped me see how interesting it really was. Instead of lengthy lists of battles and dates, this book incorporated the feelings of a person.

True, it took me a while to pick up this book. I got it at about age nine and was not very inclined to read it... but now at thirteen it is an exciting read. Don't turn away just because of the fact that it has the word 'rifles' in the title. I was purely because of the fact that in History rifles were always paired up with boring battles.

Please turn to this rather than those [other] books about babysitting or whatever. I know the babysitters club is behind most of us but it lies in my memory as an example...