Screen LibraryGettysburg：the graphic novel
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| Published: |
Bowen Press/Collins,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Item Description: | Gettysburg address |
| Carrier Form: | 80 p.: col. ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780061561764 (trade bdg.) 0061561762 (trade bdg.) 9780061561757 (pbk bdg.) 0061561754 (pbk bdg.) |
| Index Number: | J238 |
| CLC: | J238.4 |
| Call Number: | J238.4/B989 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 80). Presents a comic book style depiction of the Battle of Gettysburg, the national movement to create a memorial at the battle site, and the day of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in 1863, drawn from first-person letters, speeches, and other primary sources. The address itself is played out over sixteen pages, with every phrase given a visual interpretation that will resonate with young readers. Also contains page level author's notes and the Gettysburg Address, in both comic book and text forms. |