We Were There at the Battle of Gettysburg
Author:
Alida Sims Malkus
Historical Consultant:
Earl Schenck Miers
Illustrator:
Leonard Vosburgh
Publication:
1955 by Grosset & Dunlap
Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction
Series:
We Were There
Series Number: 2
Pages:
176
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In the summer of 1863, Jonathan Blayne and his sister Mary Lee were living with their grandparents in Gettysburg, a sleepy little Pennsylvania town. June thirtieth dawned hot and quiet, and it was hard to believe that there was a Civil War anywhere. Johnny wanted to go swimming, it was so hot, but Grandpa Blayne had asked him to go to the store.
What Johnny heard at the store sent him running back up the dusty, dirt road for home as fast as he could go. Thousands and thousands of Confederate soldiers under General Robert E. Lee were marching to meet just as many thousands of Union soldiers under General Meade. And they were all marching toward Gettysburg!
They story of that tremendous, three-day battle, and how Johnny and his sister, caught between two great armies, played an exciting part in it, will be long remembered by young readers everywhere.
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Alida Sims Malkus
1888 - 1976American
The adventurous story of the Piccards was a natural one for Alida Malkus, who, in her own words, has "long been captivated by the grandeur of the se... See more
Leonard Vosburgh
1912-1998American
Leonard Vosburgh was born in Yonkers, New York, and now lives in New Jersey, a short distance from Earl Schneck Miers. He spent most of his boyhood ... See more
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We Were There at the Battle of Gettysburg 
Reprinted in 2013 by Dover Publications
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This is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1955 by Grosset & Dunlap
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We Were There Books
Reviewed by Edward Garboczi
In the 1950s through the early 1960s, the publisher Grossett and Dunlap released a series of 36 well-written and accurate historical novels for children covering a broad range of mostly U.S. and some world history. This was called the We Were There series, since each title follows the pattern “We Were There With” a famous person from history or “On” or “At” some historical event. A fictional boy and sometimes girl are inserted into a specific time in history and meet famous people and experience famous events, making the people and events real to the late-elementary to middle-school reader. These books can also be read aloud to younger children. Our library contains about half the volumes in this series, with more to be acquired.
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