Title: Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg
Author: Tanya Anderson
Genre: Nonfiction
ISBN: 1467706922
Copyright: 2013
The book: Tillie Pierce: Teen Eyewitness to the Battle of Gettysburg is about 15-year-old Tanya Pierce who witnessed the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. To interest and involve young readers the author, Tanya Anderson, has included: diary entries from Tillie, documents, real historical photos, and an interactive google Earth activity. (activity) During the battle, Tillie's parents sent her to a nearby farm so she would be safe, but Tillie was actually put even closer to the battle. With other women on the farm, Tillie helped to take care of wounded Union soldiers and saw the horrific scenes of the battle of Gettysburg. I think the reading level for this book would be for ages 10 and older, and when students begin learning about the Civil War. Tanya Anderson wrote other books that may interest young readers including: Dr. Seuss: (Theodore Geisel) from the series Who Wrote That? and Della Reese. The author has also written under many pen names as well so it can be hard to find her books unless you know who you are looking for. I also think youth would be interested in other books about the Battle of Gettysburg as well, especially if they are Civil War buffs.
A link to Tanya Anderson's website:
A website that gives history into the Battle of Gettysburg and goes into more detail about the life of Tillie Pierce.
-A photo of what Gettysburg looked like during the battle
A link to a Youtube Video of Tillie Pierce's house that is now an Inn in Historic Gettysburg.
History of the Inn and of Tillie Pierce
A portrait of Tillie Pierce from the Inn website history section.
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