Two Miserable Presidents - by Steve Sheinkin (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Taking a closer look at 1860s America, Sheinkin unravels the complicated string of events that had led to The Civil War. It is a time and a war that had threatened America's very existence, revealed in the surprising true stories of the soldiers and statesmen who had battled it out. Illustrations, .<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><b><i>New York Times</i> bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin</b> <b>gives young readers the causes and curses that divided America into Union and Confederate nations in <i>Two Miserable Presidents: The Amazing, Terrible, and Totally True Story of the Civil War</i>, illustrated by Tim Robinson. <p/>A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year</b><br><b>A Beacon of Freedom Award Winner</b> <p/><b>Get the feeling something big is about to happen? Welcome to the Civil War--one of the scariest, saddest, and occasionally wackiest stories in American History.</b><br><b><br>1856</b>: Northern and Southern settlers attack each other in Kansas.<br><b>1858</b>: Congressmen start sneaking guns and knives into the Senate chamber.<br><b>1860</b>: President James Buchanan is heard wailing, "I am the last president of the United States!" <p/>Unraveling a very complicated string of events--the small things, the personal ones, the big issues--Steve Sheinkin takes readers behind the scenes that led to The Civil War. It is a time and a war that threatened America's very existence, revealed in the surprising true stories of the soldiers and statesmen who battled it out. <p/>"Chatty and accessible, this book does double duty: it introduces Civil War history for readers who don't know much about it and supplies browsable commentary for those familiar with the big picture...Beginning with a look at the role cotton played in the history, his fast-paced narrative is broken into short, tersely titled vignettes...The horrors of slavery and battlefield slaughter are clear, as are achievements of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and many more." --<i>Booklist <p/></i><b>Also by Steve Sheinkin: </b> <p/><b><i>Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon</i></b><br><i><b>The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery</b></i><br><i><b>The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny, and the Fight for Civil Rights</b></i><br><i><b>Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team</b></i><br><b><i>Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War</i></b><br><b><i>Which Way to the Wild West?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About Westward Expansion</i></b><br><b><i>King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You About the American Revolution</i></b><br><b><i>Born to Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America</i></b></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Chatty and accessible, this book does double duty: it introduces Civil War history for readers who don't know much about it and supplies browsable commentary for those familiar with the big picture. . . . Beginning with a look at the role cotton played in the history, his fast-paced narrative is broken into short, tersely titled vignettes. . . . The horrors of slavery and battlefield slaughter are clear, as are achievements of Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, John Brown, and many more." --<i>Booklist</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of several fascinating books on American history, including <i>The Notorious Benedict Arnold</i>, which won the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for nonfiction, and received three starred reviews; and <i>Bomb, </i> a National Book Award finalist and recipient of five starred reviews. He lives in Saratoga Springs, NY.
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