A Sweet-Sounding Place A Civil War Story |
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| Author:
| Johnson, Nancy |
| ISBN: | 978-0-89272-770-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Publisher: | Down East Books
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.95 |
Book Description:
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Moses is found as an infant next to his dying mother, an escaped slave, and is brought to Boston and raised with a baker's family. He grows to be a willful teenager, and after his uncle enlists in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment -- the first and most famous black Civil War regiment -- Moses is keen on following him to war, hoping to serve his country and find out about his father.
Moses is found as an infant next to his dying mother, an escaped slave, and is brought to Boston and raised with a baker's family. He grows to be a willful teenager, and after his uncle enlists in the 54th Massachusetts Regiment -- the first and most famous black Civil War regiment -- Moses is keen on following him to war, hoping to serve his country and find out about his father.