Battle Lines A Graphic History of the Civil War
- Annotation:
- Winner of the Bancroft Prize, the Avery O Craven Award, and the Tom Watson Brown Book Award for author Ari Kelman, for his book "A River and Its City and a Misplaced Massacre.
- Creators:
- Author - Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
- Author - Ari Kelman
- Illustrator - Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
- Publication Information:
- Hill & Wang, New York, 2015
- Color or Black & White:
- Genre:
- Non-Fiction
- Bibliography Available:
- Yes
- Original Language:
- English
- Historical Topic/Event:
- American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
- Gettysburg address (Lincoln, Abraham)
- Abraham Lincoln''s political career before 1861
- Geographic Setting:
- Mississippi--Vicksburg
- Pennsylvania--Gettysburg
- Virginia--Richmond
- Date Range:
- 1861 - 1865
- Tags:
- abolition, abraham lincoln, african slaves, american south, battle of gettysburg, civil war, emancipation, jefferson davis, frederick douglas, ku klux clan, lincoln assassination, robert e lee, slavery
- Notes:
- This book tells the stories behind the statistics of the Civil War. ""A graphic novel that tells the history of the Civil War through a series of vignettes highlighting the experiences of ordinary people"" - soldiers, farmers, slaves, widows, nurses and well-known historical figures.
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Copyright 2026
Funded in part by a Carnegie-Whitney Grant from the American Library Association.
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