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Strange but True Facts About the Civil War
Strange but True Facts About the Civil War Author:Patrick M. Reynolds Here in a uniquely entertaining illustrated format are hundreds of little-known facts about the always-fascinating Civil War. Did you know: An 1861 plot to assassinate President-elect Abe Lincoln was thwarted with the help of a police chief named John Kennedy?; The Confederacy briefly had a program developing rockets?; The Gettysburg Address wa... more »s panned as silly, flat and dish-watery by the Chicago Times? These are just a few of the remarkable stories chronicled in Patrick Reynolds' educational cartoon-strips.« less