Across five Aprils /
by Hunt, Irene frey50
Published by : Grosset & Dunlap (New York) , 1964 Physical details: 189 p.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basement | yHun (Browse shelf) | Available | 36733 |
Newberry Award Winner, runner-up 1965
In April 1861 young Jethro Creighton heard the talk of war, but didn't understand what war meant. By the second April he had seen his brothers go off to fight - two for the North, one for the South. Still but a boy, he had to take on a man's job on the Illinois farm, where the work in the fields was made heavier by the hard news of battles lost and men slain. By the fifth April, 1865, Jethro had experienced all the heartaches of a family, a state, a nation, in the agony of a war pitting brother against brother, friend against friend. He saw peace come, it's joy marred by Lincoln's tragic death. And he left his boyhood behind.