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Hi everyone, I was wondering if any of you have a good book suggestion for a high schooler for pre civil war days. He is doing the Notgrass American history and it assigns Uncle Toms Cabin….he tried to read this before and just could not get through it. He is finishing the other book assigned “The narrative of Frederick Douglas” and I would like him to read something else(maybe a bio) that will go with his history reading which is leading up to the Civil war but not there yet. Thanks for any suggestions! You are all always so helpful to me and I appreciate you!!!! Wendy
Perhaps he could listen to an audiobook reading of it? It’s such an important book and was vital in the effects that it had on the events of the era.
In the meantime, I’ll try to brainstorm to see what I can find out.
Rachel
G.A. Henty has “With Lee in Virginia”; “Red Badge of Courage”-Stephan Crane
bios of Frederick Douglass (“My Escape from Slavery), Booker T Washington (there’s a speech called “Cast Down your Bucket Where Your Are), Robert E. Lee (Recollections and Speeches of Ronert E. Lee); Mark Twain; Daniel Webster (The MAn and His Time); John Quincy Adams; Charles Finney (or anything about the revivalism of the pre-civil war period);
Stonewall Jackson- Life and Campaigns of Lieutenant General Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson
American Hisotry in Black and White book and or DVD by David BArton (I also suggest other history items from Wallbuilders)
Heroes of History is for ages 10-14; they are short bios
Primary sources of speeches by Stephan Douglass and Abraham Lincoln and black americans of the time.
Several offerings at Applewood Books and there is much to choose from at Dover
Many offerings at Ambleside Online, year 10; just scroll down in the History and Bio section
Books on the Orphan trains started in mid-1800’s
Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn-set in Miss. 1840’s; “LIfe on the MIssissippi”-Mark Twain pre-war Miss. boat river pilot; Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson-Mark Twain (condemnation of society that allows salvery)
There’s lit. about conflict with Indians by James Finamore Cooper
“Defense of Virginia and the SOuth”-R.L. Dabney Stonewall JAckson’s Pastor, biblical exposition-good to analyze)
American Bard-Ruth Holberg (bio of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)
Frontier and westward growth, industry; immigration by the Irish and Germans.
Well, I’m sure I’ve overloaded on you; but I hope you find some gems and perhaps finsh Uncle Tom’s Cabin on audio!
Rachel
We are reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin and we are enjoying it very much. How much of the book has your son read? It may take a few chapters to start enjoying it. I would recommend that he try reading it again, you read it together, or finding an audio version of it to listen to. It really gives a good picture of what life was like for the slaves and the conflict that slave owners had with their consciences and how they dealt with it.
Rachel gave you some good possibilities as substitutes. Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn especially touches on the every day life before the Civil War. Booker T. Washington’s autobiography Up From Slavery is very good but it is post Civil War. He was quite young when the slaves were emancipated and he focuses his book on his life after slavery.
Frederick Douglass is most fascinating and developed quite a relationship with Abraham Lincoln. If my memory serves, Douglass originally thought that the Constitution was pro-slavery document. However, after studying our Nation’s documents and history, he came to the alternative conclusion.
Very interesting study.
Rachel
Although not a book, nor pre-war; there’s a DVD I came across at Grace and Truth books called- Still Standing: The Stonewall Jackson Story
Rachel
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