Stonewall [Hardcover]

Jean Fritz (Author)

Book Description

Grade Level: 6 and up

"Lives of (Thomas) Jackson are plentiful . . . but none, for all its brevity, surpasses Jean Fritz's . . . She places him firmly within the context of an extraordinary knotted period of American history. . . . Stonewall gives us both the strangeness and the greatness."--The New York Times Book Review.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Stonewall Jackson, the eccentric Confederate general, and Benedict Arnold are the subjects of these two fine biographies. Ages 10-14.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Putnam Juvenile (September 5, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399206981
• ISBN-13: 978-0399206986
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,638,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stonewall: Book of an incredible man's life., November 10, 2006

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Stonewall (Paperback)

Stonewall was an incredible book that gave lots of info on Stonewall's experiances in the Civil War.
This book helped a lot in my reports, and also gave me more unknown info on the Civil and Mexican wars. It talked about Stonewall's early years, his years at West Point, and his conflicts in the wars he participated in. His conflicts were both external and internal. He had problems in West Point with his perspiration problem, and his will to get a chance to prove himself in battle.
All and all, I recommend this book because it is informative and fun to read.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stonewall, November 30, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Stonewall (Paperback)

I thought it was a very good book. I would recommend it to everybody that likes the Civil War. It does deserve five stars because the Civil War was neat. There is lots of suspense in the book.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I learned more about him from the book then my history books, August 6, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Stonewall (Paperback)

Excellent. I learned so much about Jackson, and felt so sad when he died at the end of the book. He was a big hero for the Confederacy. But what was strange is that he sucked lemons. Cool.