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How I found the Strong : a Civil War story by Margaret McMullan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is How I found the Strong : a Civil War story about?
<p><p>It is the spring of 1861, and the serenity of Smith County, Mississippi, has been shattered by Abraham Lincoln’s declaration of war on the South. Young and old are taking up arms and marching off to war. But not ten-year-old Frank Russell. Although he is eager to enlist in the Confederate army, he is not allowed. He is too young, too skinny, too weak. After all, he’s just “Shanks,” the baby of the Russell family. War has a way of taking things away from a person, mercilessly. And this war takes from Frank a mighty sum. It’s nabbed his Pa and older brother. It’s stolen his grandfather, his grandmother. It has robbed Frank of a simpler way of life, food, his boyhood. And gone are his idealistic dreams of heroic battles and hard-fought victories. Now all that replaces those images are questions: Will I ever see my father and brother again? Why are we fighting this war? Are we fighting for the wrong reasons? Will things ever be the same around here? <p></p><h3>Publishers Weekly</h3><p>This often gripping first novel set during the Civil War adopts the perspective of a 10-year-old boy who lives on a small farm in rural Mississippi, PW said. A
Who reads How I found the Strong : a Civil War story?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Margaret McMullan
- Publisher
- Clarion Books
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780553494921
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Children'S, History
- Rating
- 3.83 / 5 (11 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14