Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers Mass market paperbound - 2000
by Gary Paulsen
At the start of the Civil War in 1861, 15-year-old Charlie leaves his farm and enlists in the First Minnesota Volunteers. After experiencing the horrors of war, Charlie comes back a man changed forever. This "stark, utterly persuasive novel of combat life" ("New York Times"), by a three-time Newbery Honor winner, explores the condition of battle fatigue.
First line
He heard it all, Charley did; heard the drums and songs and slogans and knew what everybody and his rooster was crowing.
From the rear cover
In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure.
The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different; he was only 19, but he was a man with "soldier's heart," later known as "battle fatigue."
From the jacket flap
In June 1861, when the Civil War began, Charley Goddard enlisted in the First Minnesota Volunteers. He was 15. He didn't know what a "shooting war" meant or what he was fighting for. But he didn't want to miss out on a great adventure.
The "shooting war" turned out to be the horror of combat and the wild luck of survival; how it feels to cross a field toward the enemy, waiting for fire. When he entered the service he was a boy. When he came back he was different; he was only 19, but he was a man with "soldier's heart," later known as "battle fatigue."
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- Title Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers
- Author Gary Paulsen
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Laurel Leaf Library, New York
- Date 2000-09-12
- ISBN 9780440228387 / 0440228387
- Weight 0.15 lbs (0.07 kg)
- Dimensions 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.5 in (17.02 x 10.41 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 12 to UP years
- Grade levels 7 - UP
- Reading level 1000
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
- Geographic Orientation: Minnesota
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98010038
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Media reviews
Citations
- Booklist, 01/01/2001, Page 978
- Publishers Weekly, 10/09/2000, Page 90
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