The World Around Us #26

(October 1960)

["The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales"] (Table of Contents)

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Pinocchio; Gepetto; Thumbelina; the Three Bears; the Steadfast Tin Soldier

Synopsis:

Promo, with order form, for back issues of Classics Illustrated Junior (H.R.N. 567)

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Thumbnail of cover to #513 (Pinocchio), plus three other covers partially hidden.

The Civil War (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction; war

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Abraham Lincoln; Ulysses S. Grant; Jefferson Davis; Robert E. Lee; Union soldier; Confederate soldier

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Montage of specific and generic figures from the Civil War; introductory text.

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Civil War; educational; fact

Before the Storm (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction

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John Brown; abolitionists; pro-slavery southerners; fugitive slave

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The young United States begins to tear itself apart in the quarrel over slavery.

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Civil War; educational; fact; slave; slavery

The Storm Breaks (Table of Contents)

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Abraham Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as President. Five weeks later, South Carolina attacks Fort Sumter, beginning the Civil War.

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Charleston; Civil War; educational; fact; South Carolina; war

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War Leaders (Table of Contents)

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Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis

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Portraits and short biographies of the two Presidents

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Civil War; educational; fact; President

The General Who Fought (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction; war

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Ulysses S. Grant; Abraham Lincoln

Synopsis:

Grant leads his men to victory at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh. Confronted with demands for Grant's removal because of high casualties, Lincoln refuses, preferring a general who is willing to fight.

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Civil War; educational; fact; Shiloh; Tennessee

The Great Train Chase (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction; war

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James J. Andrews

Synopsis:

James J. Andrews leads his men on an unsuccessful attempt to steal the Confederate locomotive "General."

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Civil War; educational; fact; locomotive; spy; train

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Restless Conspirator (Table of Contents)

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Joseph Mazzini

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Joseph Mazzini spends years successfully fighting for a united Italy, but is bitterly disappointed that the new nation is a monarchy rather than a republic.

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educational; fact; Italy

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Flames on the Sea (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction; war

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Raphael Semmes; John Winslow

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Raphael Semmes commands the Confederate raider "Alabama" on a highly-successful commerce-raiding mission. "Alabama" is sunk off Cherbourg by USS "Kearsage," John Winslow commanding.

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Cherbourg; Civil War; educational; fact; France; navy

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The Iron Ships (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction; war

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"Monitor" and "Merrimack" fight a naval duel off Hampton Roads, Virginia

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Civil War; educational; fact; navy; Virginia

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War Leaders (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction; war

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Ulysses S. Grant; Robert E. Lee; David G. Farragut

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portraits and brief biographies of three military commanders

Keywords:

Civil War; educational; fact

War Drums (Table of Contents)

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Harry M. Kieffer; Andy; Union soldiers

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Harry Kieffer and his friend join the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers as drummer boys and stretcher bearers. They fight at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.

Keywords:

Civil War; drummer boy; educational; fact; Pennsylvania

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Presumably drawn from "The Recollections of a Drummer Boy" by Harry M. Kieffer

Trial of the Century (Table of Contents)

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Account of Nazi atrocities, and of the Nuremberg Trials.

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concentration camp; educational; fact; Germany; Nazi; Nuremberg; Nuremberg Trials; World War II

These Brave Fields (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction; war

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Frank Aretas Haskell; Union soldiers; Confederate soldiers

Synopsis:

Haskell's account of his experiences in the Battle of Gettysburg

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Civil War; educational; fact; Gettysburg; Pennsylvania

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Illustrated. Content drawn from "The Battle of Gettysburg," by Frank A. Haskell (published posthumously -- Haskell was killed at Cold Harbor)

The Men in Uniform (Table of Contents)

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How Civil War soldiers were recruited, outfitted, and killed.

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Civil War; educational; fact

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War Leaders (Table of Contents)

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George E. Pickett; George G. Meade; Thomas J. Jackson

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portraits and short biographies of three army leaders

Keywords:

Civil War; educational; fact

The Ghost Dance (Table of Contents)

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Wovoka

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Wovoka sees visions guiding him to lead the Ghost Dance peacefully, in order to remove the white invaders of Indian country. A Sioux uprising, somewhat connected with the Ghost Dance, is crushed.

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American Indian; educational; fact; Native American; Sioux; western

The Gray Ghost (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction; war

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John Singleton Mosby; J.E.B. Stuart; Robert E. Lee

Synopsis:

Mosby's Partisan Rangers cavalry unit successfully harasses Union posts in Northern Virginia.

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cavalry; Civil War; educational; fact; Virginia

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The People at Home (Table of Contents)

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How civilians experienced the Civil War

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Civil War; educational; fact

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War Leaders (Table of Contents)

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Philip Kearny; James E. B. Stuart; William T. Sherman

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portraits and short biographies of three army leaders

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Civil War; educational; fact

The Final Days (Table of Contents)

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Ulysses S. Grant; William Sherman; Abraham Lincoln; Robert E. Lee; James Longstreet

Synopsis:

As Lincoln begins his second term, Grant crushes Confederate forces in Virginia, forcing Lee's surrender.

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Appomattox; Civil War; educational; fact; President; Virginia

An April Day (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction

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Abraham Lincoln; Ulysses S. Grant; Mary Todd Lincoln

Synopsis:

Account of Lincoln's last day

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assassin; assassination; Civil War; educational; fact; Ford's Theater; Washington D.C.

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The Prophet From Hoboken (Table of Contents)

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non-fiction; biography

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John Stevens; De Witt Clinton; Gouvernor Morris

Synopsis:

John Stevens agitates for a railroad in 1812, before railroads exist. In 1831 he opens the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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educational; fact; Hoboken; New Jersey; Pennsylvania; railroad; transportation

The Aftermath (Table of Contents)

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Northern military occupation of the South, and Reconstruction governments, are finally unsuccessful in rebuilding the South or uniting the nation.

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educational; fact; Ku Klux Klan; Reconstruction

["We hope you enjoyed this issue."] (Table of Contents)

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suggested reading

["Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication"] (Table of Contents)

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["Subscribe now! Today!"] (Table of Contents)

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