Gettysburg - The Graphic Novel

Informationen zum Autor C. M. Butzer is editor-in-chief of Rabid Rabbit, a magazine anthology of comic artists. This is his first book. Butzer lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. C. M. Butzer is editor-in-chief of Rabid Rabbit, a magazine anthology of comic artists. This is his first book. Butzer lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Klappentext Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is familiar to all Americans. But never has his most famous speech?his 271 indelible words?been presented in such a visual and accessible format. Graphic artist and Civil War aficionado C. M. Butzer deftly uses a detailed, comic-book style to depict the Battle of Gettysburg; the national movement to create a memorial there; and the quiet day in 1863 when Lincoln delivered his galvanizing speech. Butzer uses only primary sources for the text, drawing from first-person letters and diaries, speeches, and Lincoln's own writing to unpack this series of historical events. The address itself is played out over eighteen pages, with every phrase given a visual interpretation that will resonate with young readers. Zusammenfassung Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address is familiar to all Americans. But never has his most famous speech—his 271 indelible words—been presented in such a visual and accessible format. Graphic artist and Civil War aficionado C. M. Butzer deftly uses a detailed! comic-book style to depict the Battle of Gettysburg; the national movement to create a memorial there; and the quiet day in 1863 when Lincoln delivered his galvanizing speech. Butzer uses only primary sources for the text! drawing from first-person letters and diaries! speeches! and Lincoln's own writing to unpack this series of historical events. The address itself is played out over eighteen pages! with every phrase given a visual interpretation that will resonate with young readers.

Product details

• Authors: C M Butzer, C. M. Butzer
• Assisted by: C. M. Butzer (Illustration)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.12.2008
• EAN: 9780061561764
• ISBN: 978-0-06-156176-4
• No. of pages: 80
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 6 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Social Science / Politics & Government, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Political, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Biography & Autobiography / Historical, JUVENILE NONFICTION: School & Education, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Girls & Women, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Comics & Graphic Novels / History, JUVENILE NONFICTION: Religion / General