This is a new section that we have prepared to help those
who are seeking books about
the Civil War for young people. While young readers may not be able to digest some of the
detailed studies that are available, they are still interested in reading about the conflict. Our goal
is to make it easy to find and obtain books about this important period to educate and better
inform young readers. We welcome any suggestions for additional titles!
SHIPPING COSTS - $4.50 for first book - $2 for each additional. This will usually allow us to send books via Priority Mail - or via Book Rate for large or heavy books. If you need your book shipped by Priority Mail, please tell us so we can adjust shipping as necessary.
We can also ship Overnight by Express Mail, Fedex or UPS if desired.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INQUIRE ON SHIPPING COST FOR YOUR ORDER AS WE CAN WEIGH IT AND GIVE YOU THE EXACT COST!
OVERSEAS ORDERS - - When possible, we use Global Priority Mail (Cost $10) for overseas book orders ($8 to Canada).
We will never charge you more for shipping without your permission!
Use PayPal to send your order - Please send an
email to confirm availability before sending funds! Remember to add shipping (and sales tax if
you live in North Carolina)
Use PayPal to send your order - Please send an
email to confirm availability before sending funds! Remember to add shipping (and sales tax if
you live in North Carolina)
North Carolina Residents please add 7.0 percent to all orders
SEARCH OVER 40,000 OF OUR NEW AND USED TITLES BY AUTHOR, TITLE, ISBN OR SUBJECT At Used Book Central
Barbara J. Bennett - STONEWALL JACKSON: LEE'S GREATEST LIEUTENANT - Silver Burdett Press - History of the Civil War Young People's Series - 120pp - Color Maps and Photos - Index - Bound in Laminated Covers - Brand New - $7.95
William Bircher (2nd Minnesota) - A DRUMMER-BOY'S DIARY, COMPRISING FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE SECOND REGIMENT MINNESOTA VETERAN VOLUNTEERS, 1861 TO 1865 - North Star - Reprint of 1889 Original - Edited by Newell L. Chester - Brand New Softcover - SIGNED by the editor at no extra charge! - $14.95
Margaret Blair - HOUSE OF SPIES: DANGER IN CIVIL WAR WASHINGTON - White Mane - 177pp - Young Readers story of three young people who travel back to Civil War Washington to the world of spies and espionage - Brand New Paperback - $8.95
Carole R. Campbell - THE POWDER MONKEY: ADVENTURE ABOARD THE IRONCLAD VIRGINIA - White Mane - 116pp - Young Readers story of a young boy who stows away on the Merrimac into battle with the Monitor - Brand New Paperback - $5.95
Clayton, Nancy - STRANGE BUT TRUE CIVIL WAR STORIES - Lowell House - 128pp - Brand New Softcover - Illustrated - $7.95
Dahl, Candy - EMMA AND THE CIVIL WARRIOR - Carolina Moon Publishing - Brand New Hardcover - 158pp - children's book for grades 4-6 - $12.95
Dahl, Candy - EMMA AND THE CIVIL WARRIOR - Carolina Moon Publishing - Brand New Softcover - 158pp - children's book for grades 4-6 - $6.95
Edwards, Pamela Duncan - BAREFOOT: ESCAPE ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - Harper Collins - 25pp - Dust Jacket - Illustrated Children's book for Ages 5-9 - Brand New Hardcover Publisher's List Price = $15.95 - Our Price - $14
Ernst, Kathleen - RETREAT FROM GETTYSBURG - White Mane - 152pp - Illustrated - Biblio - Children's book about a young boy who faces difficult decisions when the rising Potomac River traps the Confederate army trying to reach Virginia - Brand New Hardcover - Publisher's List Price = $17.95 - Our Price - $16
Paul Fleischman - BULL RUN - Harper Collins - For ages 10 and up - Brand New Hardcover - $14.95/Brand New paperback - $4.95
Paul Fleischman - THE BORNING ROOM: A NOVEL - Harper Collins - For ages 11 and up - Brand New paperback - $4.95
Cornelia Hancock - LETTERS OF A CIVIL WAR NURSE: CORNELIA HANCOCK, 1863-1865 - Univ Nebraska Press, 1998 - 201pp - Illustrated - Edited by Henrietta Jacuette with an Introduction by Jean Berlin - Hancock, a Quaker Nurse, was called the Florence Nightingale of America and worked tirelessly from the fighting at Gettysburg to the capture of Richmond to relieve the suffering of soldiers - For more advanced readers - Brand New Paperback - $9.95
William W. Hassler - COLONEL JOHN PELHAM - LEE'S BOY ARTILLERIST - Univ North Carolina - Pelham left West Point to join Joe Johnston's forces and fought at Manassas, Williamsburg, Gaines Mill and Antietam. He was killed in 1863 at Kelly's Ford. This young officer was smart, and fearlessly brave and his loss was significant in that he was one of the youngest and brightest of Lee's artillerymen. - For more advanced readers - Brand New - Publisher's List Price = $22.50 - Our Price - $20.25
William W. Hassler - COLONEL JOHN PELHAM - LEE'S BOY ARTILLERIST - Univ North Carolina - Pelham left West Point to join Joe Johnston's forces and fought at Manassas, Williamsburg, Gaines Mill and Antietam. He was killed in 1863 at Kelly's Ford. This young officer was smart, and fearlessly brave and his loss was significant in that he was one of the youngest and brightest of Lee's artillerymen. - For more advanced readers - Brand New Paperback - $13.95
William W. Hassler - CONFEDERATE HEROES AND HEROINES - Gauley Mount Press, Lynchburg - 314pp - Dust Jacket - Biographical sketches of Confederates written for Young Readers. Exploits of 25 gallant male and female figures with emphasis on youthful heroism - Maps - Illustrated - Brand New - $25
Hemingway, Edith and Jacqueline Shields - REBEL HART - White Mane - 188pp - Illustrated - Children's book about a 16 year old girl who was also a Rebel guide and spy - Brand New Softcover -$8.95
E. Prioleau Henderson (2nd S. Carolina Cavalry) - AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF ARAB - Jim Fox Books - Reprint of 1901 title - 170pp - One of the rarest titles in the South Carolina Reprint series. Henderson used his horse Arab to relate most of this regimental history which follows the marches and battles of Hampton's Legion, the 2nd S. Carolina Cavalry and the "Iron Scouts" of Stuart and Hampton - For more advanced readers - Brand New - Publisher's List - $30 - Our Price - $27
Muriel Joslyn - SHENANDOAH AUTUMN - White Mane - Young Reader's Series - Brand New Paperback -$8.95
Keesee, Dennis M. - TOO YOUNG TO DIE: BOY SOLDIERS OF THE
UNION ARMY 1861-1865 - Blue Acorn Press - 304pp - 213 Photos and Illustrations -
Notes - Biblio - Index - Just Released! - The largest study of the boys (both Black and White)
who served in the Civil War - Brand New Oversized Hardcover - Publisher's
List Price = $35 - Our Price - $31.50
Harold Keith - RIFLES FOR WATIE - Harper Collins - Junior Novel - Brand New Paperback - $4.95
Kendall, Sandra - DRUMMER BOYS OF THE CIVIL WAR - Thomas Publications - 32pp - illustrated with photos - the stories of the young men who went off to war with their fathers and brothers - Brand New Softcover - $6
Rose B. Knox - GRAY CAPS - Doubleday Doran - Garden City 1932 (1+) 1st/Dust Jacket - Young People's Book - $30
Mort Kunstler - MORT KUNSTLER'S CIVIL WAR - THE NORTH - Rutledge Hill - 192pp - 5 x 6 inches in size - Containing 30 paintings including Kunstler favorites and 10 paintings never previously reproduced in book form - Brief written comments about the subjects and people in his paintings accompany a great collection of color prints - Brand New - $12.95
Mort Kunstler - MORT KUNSTLER'S CIVIL WAR - THE SOUTH - Rutledge Hill - 192pp - 5 x 6 inches in size - Containing 30 paintings including Kunstler favorites and 10 paintings never previously reproduced in book form - Brief written comments about the subjects and people in his paintings accompany a great collection of color prints - Brand New - $12.95
Rebecca D. Larson - BLUE AND GRAY ROSES OF INTRIGUE - Thomas Publications, 1992 - 72pp - Compilation of stories about female spies during the Civil War - Brand New paperback - $6.95
Rebecca D. Larson - WHITE ROSES: STORIES OF CIVIL WAR NURSES - Thomas Publications, 1997 - 70pp - Over 50 short biographical sketches of Civil War Nurses - Photos - Brand New paperback - $6.95
McClure, John R. - HOOSIER FARMBOY IN LINCOLN'S ARMY" THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF PVT. JOHN R. MCCLURE OF THE 14TH INDIANA REGIMENT - Guild Press - Brand New Hardcover in Dust Jacket - 67pp - Eighteen-year-old John McClure left his family's Revolutionary War landgrant farm to join the 14th Indiana in 1861. His sardonic, pithy comments, told through a complete set of letters to his sister and girlfriend, from rendezvous camps through the Wilderness, reveal a young soldier's down-to-earth version of the quest for glory. Many excellent illustrations, photos and maps detail the progress of the 14th through the Army of the Potomac - Edited by Nancy Niblack Baxter, who taught school for 23 years and has written this for younger readers Publisher's List Price = $18.95 - Our Price - $17
F. N. Monjo - THE DRINKING GOURD: A STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - Harper Collins - Ages 9 to 12 - Brand New Hardcover $14.95
Page, Thomas Nelson - AMONG THE CAMPS - Sprinkle Pubs - Reprint of Original - 185pp - Brand New Hardcover - $14
Thomas Nelson Page - TWO LITTLE CONFEDERATES - Scribner's, NY 1909 - FINE Condition - *ITC #139 - $60
Thomas Nelson Page - TWO LITTLE CONFEDERATES - Illustrated by John W. Thomason, Jr., Captain, USMC - Scribner's, NY 1939 - Beautiful - Like New Condition! - *ITC #139 - $85
Page, Thomas Nelson - TWO LITTLE CONFEDERATES - Sprinkle Pubs - Reprint of Original - 170pp - Brand New Hardcover - $14
Ann Petry - HARRIET TUBMAN: CONDUCTOR ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD - Harper Collins - Ages 13 and up - 247pp - Index - Brand New Paperback - $5.95
Doreen Rappaport - ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY: FIVE JOURNEYS TO FREEDOM - Harper Collins - Ages 9 to 12 - Brand New Hardcover $14.95/Brand New paperback $4.95
James I. Robertson Jr. - JACKSON AND LEE: LEGENDS IN GRAY - THE PAINTINGS OF MORT KUNSTLER - Rutledge Hill Press - Containing 79 paintings by Kunstler favorites - Great artwork accompanied by text makes this a good choice for advanced readers - Brand New - Publisher's List Price = $34.95 - Our Price - $31.45
Martin W. Sandler - THE CIVIL WAR - Harper Collins - For ages 8 and up - Brand New Hardcover - Publisher's List Price = $24.95 - Our Price - $22.50
Sappey, Maureen S. - A ROSE AT BULL RUN - White Mane - From the Young Americans Series - Brand New Paperback - $5.99
Sappey, Maureen S. - YANKEE SPY - White Mane - From the Young Americans Series - Brand New Paperback - $5.99
Russell Shorto - ABRAHAM LINCOLN: TO PRESERVE THE UNION - Silver Burdett Press - History of the Civil War Young People's Series - 120pp - Color Maps and Photos - Index - Bound in Laminated Covers - Brand New - $7.95
Barbara Smucker - RUNAWAY TO FREEDOM: A STORY OF THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY - Harper Collins - Ages 9 to 13 - Brand New paperback $4.95
Ann Turner - DRUMMER BOY: MARCHING TO THE CIVIL WAR - Harper Collins - For ages 4 to 8 - Brand New Hardcover - $15.95
Venner, William T. - YOUNG HEROES OF GETTYSBURG - White Mane - 178pp - Children's book about young Indiana soldiers who fight at Gettysburg - Brand New Softcover - $8.95
Webb, Elizabeth - NORTHERN LIGHTS - Xlibris Corporation - 125pp - Brand New Softcover - A travel adventure for young adult readers - featuring Lightstar - a quintet of successful pop musicians caught in a violent electrical storm during a concert in Richmond - the 5 young men find themselves back in 1862 and captured by the Union Army as spies - AVAILABLE SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR - Publisher's List - $20.99 - Our Price - $19
Williamson, Mary L. - THE CONFEDERATE TRILOGY FOR YOUNG READERS: THE LIFE OF GEN ROBERT EDWARD LES; LT GEN T. J. STONEWALL JACKSON; AND MAJ GEN J.E.B. STUART - Sprinkle Pubs - 628pp - Brand New Hardcover - $25
Anne Carter Zimmer - THE ROBERT E. LEE FAMILY COOKING AND HOUSEKEEPING BOOK - Univ North Carolina - 296pp - Illustrated - A treasury of recipes, remedies, and household history from the great-granddaughter of the Robert E. Lee - Brand New - Publisher's List - $24.95 - Our Price - $22.45
SHIPPING COSTS - $4.50 for first book - $2 for each additional. This will usually allow us to send books via Priority Mail - or via Book Rate for large or heavy books. If you need your book shipped by Priority Mail, please tell us so we can adjust shipping as necessary.
We can also ship Overnight by Express Mail, Fedex or UPS if desired.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INQUIRE ON SHIPPING COST FOR YOUR ORDER AS WE CAN WEIGH IT AND GIVE YOU THE EXACT COST!
OVERSEAS ORDERS - - When possible, we use Global Priority Mail (Cost $10) for overseas book orders ($8 to Canada).
We will never charge you more for shipping without your permission!
Use PayPal to send your order - Please send an
email to confirm availability before sending funds! Remember to add shipping (and sales tax if
you live in North Carolina)
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