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Rifles for Watie 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: HarperTeen Catalog: Book Release date: 1987-09-25 Media: Paperback Number of pages: 352 Ean: 9780064470308 Book Isbn: 006447030X Reading level: Young Adult  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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Jeff Bussey walked briskly up the rutted wagon road toward Fort Leavenworth on his way to join the Union volunteers. It was 1861 in Linn County, Kansas, and Jeff was elated at the prospect of fighting for the North at last. In the Indian country south of Kansas there was dread in the air; and the name, Stand Watie, was on every tongue. A hero to the rebel, a devil to the Union man, Stand Watie led the Cherokee Indian Na-tion fearlessly and successfully on savage raids behind the Union lines. Jeff came to know the Watie men only too well. He was probably the only soldier in the West to see the Civil War from both sides and live to tell about it. Amid the roar of cannon and the swish of flying grape, Jeff learned what it meant to fight in battle. He learned how it felt never to have enough to eat, to forage for his food or starve. He saw the green fields of Kansas and Okla-homa laid waste by Watie's raiding parties, homes gutted, precious corn deliberately uprooted. He marched endlessly across parched, hot land, through mud and slash-ing rain, always hungry, always dirty and dog-tired. And, Jeff, plain-spoken and honest, made friends and enemies. The friends were strong men like Noah Babbitt, the itinerant printer who once walked from Topeka to Galveston to see the magnolias in bloom; boys like Jimmy Lear, too young to carry a gun but old enough to give up his life at Cane Hill; ugly, big-eared Heifer, who made the best sourdough biscuits in the Choctaw country; and beautiful Lucy Washbourne, rebel to the marrow and proud of it. The enemies were men of an-other breed - hard-bitten Captain Clardy for one, a cruel officer with hatred for Jeff in his eyes and a dark secret on his soul.This is a rich and sweeping novel-rich in its panorama of history; in its details so clear that the reader never doubts for a moment that he is there; in its dozens of different people, each one fully realized and wholly recognizable. It is a story of a lesser--known part of the Civil War, the Western campaign, a part different in its issues and its problems, and fought with a different savagery. Inexorably it moves to a dramat-ic climax, evoking a brilliant picture of a war and the men of both sides who fought in it. Winner, 1958 Newbery Medal |
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 Written on March 14, 2003 Summary: Ross's Review I choose this book because it looked interesting and exciting. This book is about Jefferson Davis Bussey trying to make it as a soldier and a couple of other obsticles that cross his path. My favorite character was Noah. The reason is that Noah was very wise, a great fighter, and he always knew what to do. My favorite part was the battle of Praire Grove. It was a spectacular battle scene and it gave a great deal of details. This was a great book. You should read this book! Written on February 10, 2003 Summary: This is the BEST CivilWar book, one of the best books ever "Rifles For Watie" surprised me by being much more interesting than I thought it would. I had to read it for school, and my literature teacher usually picks boring books, but "Rifles for Watie" was great throughout. It tells the story of Jeff Bussey, a Kansas kid, who enlists in the Union army to defeat the enemy Cherokee Indians and their leader Stand Watie. Jeff quickly dislikes the rough life in the army, but learns to appreciate it. Soon, he is sent by his captain to go to the rebel side as a spy and gather information and bring it back to the captain. I don't want to give away too much, but it is an exciting book. Some parts are a little slow, but about 95% of it, I thought, was exciting. Read it, definitely. Written on February 4, 2003 Summary: RIfles for Watie Rifles for Watie By Alex By Harold Keith Rifles for Watie is a very intense book about the civil war. It has a lot of action in the battles and very good word choice. But that's not all it is about, it is also about friendship, trust, love, and much more.  Written on December 19, 2002 Summary: Derrick's Review!!! Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith, is a book about a 16-year-old boy named Jeff Bussey and can't wait to leave his farm in Kansas to defend his Unionagainst the Indian leader of the Rebels(Stand Watie. As a soldier, Jeff has to walk hundreds of miles while watching his friends die in battle. He gets sent over to be aspy and if he gets coaght, they'll kill him. But it gets worse. He finds out that the rebels are fairly nice people and on top of that he falls in love with a rebel girl. To find out what hhe does, read Rifles for Watie. I thought this was a good book because it has a lot of suspence in it and it isn't boring I think people who love action and war should read this book because that is what it is, action and war. Written on November 24, 2002 Summary: This must be the best book not written by J.K. rowling! This is awesome it is great i love it o geez there aren't enough words in english to describe ummm... its great, it's suspensful, it's scarey, it's sad, it's exciting... Well you get the picture.:) |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 1987-09-25 | 2002-01-08 | 1987-04-01 | 2003-05-19 | 1989-05-01 | 1997-09-01 |
| Media | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback | Paperback |
| Number of pages | 352 | 224 | 336 | 256 | 192 | 256 |
| Ean | 9780064470308 | 9780425182789 | 9780440442509 | 9780618250745 | 9780140341584 | 9780395137192 |
| Book Isbn | 006447030X | 0425182789 | 0440442508 | 0618250743 | 0140341587 | 0395137195 |
| Upc | - | - | - | 046442250740 | - | 046442137195 |
| Reading level | Young Adult | Young Adult | Ages 9-12 | Young Adult | Ages 9-12 | Young Adult |
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