Tillie Pierce Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg (Audible Audio Edition) Tanya Anderson Intuitive Lerner Publishing Group Books
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Imagine being 15 years old, facing the bloodiest battle ever to take place on US soil the Battle of Gettysburg. In July 1863, this is exactly what happened to Tillie Pierce, a normal teenager who became an unlikely heroine of the Civil War (1861-1865). Tillie and other women and girls like her found themselves trapped during this critical three-day battle in Southern Pennsylvania. Without training, but with enormous courage and compassion, Tillie and other Gettysburg citizens helped save the lives of countless wounded Union and Confederate soldiers. In gripping prose, Tillie Pierce Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg takes listeners behind the scenes. And through Tillie's own words, the story of one of the Civil War's most famous battles comes alive.
Tillie Pierce Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg (Audible Audio Edition) Tanya Anderson Intuitive Lerner Publishing Group Books
Really a 4.5! This is how students should learn history--from resources that help them think about what people experienced, not just lists of dates, battles, generals, and casualties. I don't know how old I was before I realized that war showed up in people's back yards, not in designated zones like football games. Anderson paints a vivid picture of civilians trying to protect themselves, soldiers in desperate need of food, water, and nursing, and other details that make the Civil War seem real, not ancient history. While I would like just a bit more in this volume about the actual flow of the battle (mainly because I'd rather have students learning it from Anderson's vivid prose than from dry resources) I realize that this may have made the book too long and also have detracted from what Tillie actually saw. I learned from this volume and hope it makes its way into history lessons across the country.Product details
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Tillie Pierce Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg (Audible Audio Edition) Tanya Anderson Intuitive Lerner Publishing Group Books Reviews
The winds of war were in the air, swirling around Gettysburg and families prepared for the onslaught. The Shrivers and the Pierces, residents of the town, grew fretful when they heard "alarming news about growing tension between the Southern and Northern states." Troops were converging on Gettysburg and families began to prepare, hiding their valuables and stockpiling food. Tillie Pierce, a fifteen-year-old girl, nervously watched the changes around her. The free blacks, fearing for their lives, began to move because they knew "they were in danger of being captured and dragged back into slavery." Some fled to the woods while others sought shelter with families in the community.
The shouts began to ring out while Tillie was in class. "Children," Mrs. Eyster urged, "run home as quickly as you can." The desperate Rebels, led by Major General Early, were filling the streets. They began to plunder and loot the town, demanding food and stealing their very horses, including Tillie's. The town became silent as they moved on and a few days later Union soldiers began to arrive and shots were fired. Hettie Shriver came knocking, asking for Tillie's help with her children. She was going to head to her parent's farm on Taneytown Road. Surely they would be safer there, so the Pierces agreed to the request.
Three miles seemed like a hundred as they waded through mud, trying to get to the farmhouse. The safety they longed for was not to be had, because the horrors of war quickly descended upon them. An explosion rocked the air and they "saw a man thrown high in the air and come down in a wheat field close by." The man was brought into the Weikert household, but he would be the first of hundreds to fall in battle. Tillie began to hand out water to anyone in need, but soon knew that "instead of being safer out in the country, she and the others in the house were in great danger." The Battle of Gettysburg and begun ... around the farmhouse.
This is a stunning account of Tillie Pierce, a teenager who witnessed the Battle of Gettysburg. Later, upon the urging of others, Tillie wrote her own story, excerpts of which are in this book. Instead of fleeing to a safe haven, Hattie Pierce, her young daughters, and Tillie found themselves in the midst of battle. The history of the Battle is here, but seen through the eyes of a teen the glories of war are definitely absent as she recalls piles of amputated limbs and hundreds of dying men. She tends to them as best she can, all the while fearful for her own family. The pages are liberally illustrated with black and white photographs, maps, and contains numerous informative sidebars. In the back of the book is an index, an amazing activity (Taking Tillie's Path An Activity Using Google Earth), source notes, a selected bibliography, and additional recommended book and website resources to explore. This is a Junior Library Guild Selection.
This book courtesy of the publisher.
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Tillie Pierce Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg is a perfect book, balancing historical scope (the Battle of Gettysburg) with an intimate narrative of a fifteen-year-old girl caught within the three-day maelstrom of war. Anderson allows us to experience the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes and words of Matilda "Tillie" Pierce, who accompanies her neighbor Hettie (whose husband is in the army) and children to escape the imminent dangers posed by the Confederate and Union armies converging on the town. By foot they hurry from Baltimore Street to what they expect will be a safer locale, farther south of town, along the Taneytown Road, east of Little Round Top. They head to the residence of Hettie's parents the Weikert Farm. For those who a little about the Gettysburg Battle, this farm was about to become a field hospital for over 700 soldiers, from both the North and South.
Anderson retells the story first written by Matilida Pierce Alleman herself as a mature woman and published in 1889 At Gettysburg; or What a Girl Saw and Heard of the Battle. In retelling the story, Anderson provides what "Tillie" could not the larger historical context within which to place the personal narrative. And she does so deftly, not only through a concise yet interesting overview of the political and social struggles between North and South but also convey through photographs taken from that period and side bar information on cultural customs (like hiding a child's shoe in the walls of a house for good luck) and current history relevant to key locations during the battle.
What is most amazing, of course, is Tillie's specific experiences, narrated mostly by Anderson and sprinkled with direct quotes from Alleman's own narrative (a book I intend to read immediately). A wonderful story teller, Anderson's account will keep you glued to the pages of this incredible story.
I highly recommend this book and can't imagine a school library without it.
Really a 4.5! This is how students should learn history--from resources that help them think about what people experienced, not just lists of dates, battles, generals, and casualties. I don't know how old I was before I realized that war showed up in people's back yards, not in designated zones like football games. Anderson paints a vivid picture of civilians trying to protect themselves, soldiers in desperate need of food, water, and nursing, and other details that make the Civil War seem real, not ancient history. While I would like just a bit more in this volume about the actual flow of the battle (mainly because I'd rather have students learning it from Anderson's vivid prose than from dry resources) I realize that this may have made the book too long and also have detracted from what Tillie actually saw. I learned from this volume and hope it makes its way into history lessons across the country.
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