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Dog Jack

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A nice overview of the Civil War from the perspective of a young runaway slave. I would recommend this book for later grade school or early middle school children studying the Civil War. The book covers (briefly) plantation life, the assimilation of a former slave into the "free" world, and war with it's hardships - lack of food, imprisonment, poor medical resources, ... Simple characters and simple plot - just what a student needs to reinforce the lessons of Civil War studies. Some religious (Christian) overtones.

Read this book. It is very good. It's about a runaway slave who enlists in the Union Army during the Civil War. There is a lot of action. TEACHERS: If you want to teach your students about the Civil War, DO NOT have them read Across Five Aprils, have them read this. This was an excellent book, and if you feel otherwise, ...

My son asked for his own personal copy of this book after he read the copy that we got through the library. I think that says a lot.

After reading the book a few years back, I went out to Benedictine University where I met Benjamin Gardner the star of the Dog Jack movie. It was a bit weird but real cool. I recommend this novel to everyone trying to get a different look at the Civil War. Greatly written. I also recommend the movie, it's action-packed fun.

An excellent civil war era novel, based on a true story. The book came in the condition advertised and was shipped promptly.

this book is about a black slave that runs awwy from the plantation and goes to pennsylvania so he can be free. Their he meets a guy he gose and works in the fier station wiht that guy and the rest of his friends. Then a sing that their is going to be a war an all the fire fighters and jed signed up in the war. An whiel jed is working at the fire station he fins a stray dog and they name the dod, dog jack.

I will have the opportunity to see the movie of Dog Jack in the making and I am glad that this book is bringing out how Jesus Our Personal Saviour (who lives in your heart,if you ask Him)also is apart of our everyday life, like President Lincoln. I love it when the Lord cares enough about us and wants to be apart of our lives. Now that is a cool God and I know Dog Jack is a cool book about a young man, his dog and life with Jesus.

This book is about a boy a dog and Chaplin Stuart. The boy is stuck in the middle of a war, the dog is glorified to the level of sainthood, and Chaplin Stuart always knows the right thing to say and how to keep the book corny. This book tries to present life lessons for children to live by in a very unoriginal way. If you want to teach your kids something read them the Bible not Dog Jack.