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Banks, Sara Harrell

Abraham's Battle: A Novel of Gettysburg

88 pp. | Atheneum/Schwartz | April, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-689-81779-7 $$15.00
(4) 4-6 Abraham, an ex-slave who is now a caretaker of a Gettysburg home, is tending the family garden when Lamar, a young Confederate soldier, comes along and the two have a conversation about war and slavery. After the Battle of Gettysburg, Abraham comes across the injured Lamar. The story reads quickly but bogs down on the battlefield. Abraham's meeting with President Lincoln adds a touching, if sentimental, conclusion to the story.
Reviewer: Deborah L. Thompson

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