Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Magoon, Kekla; Pinelli, Amerigo |
| Publisher: | Pushkin Children’s Books |
| Date: | 9/27/2022 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Thestory of an all-black regiment’s assault on the impregnable Fort Wagner inthe Civil War, an act of extraordinary courage that changed hearts and mindsin America for ever
THEAMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 1863.
On a cold beach in South Carolina, the soldiers of the 54th MassachusettsRegiment are marching into battle. Their mission: to capture the impregnableFort Wagner. The odds are heavily against them, and the stakes could not behigher – they are one of the first all-Black regiments in the Union Army, andall of America is watching them.
Among their ranks is William Harvey Carney. A former enslaved man whoescaped to the North, he knows what a precious thing freedom is. So when thebugle sounds, and the regimental flag is hoisted high, William chargestowards the guns.
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