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A Savage Thunder
Written by Jim Murphy
Narrated by Kevin Orton
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
A two-time Newbery Honor Book author, Jim Murphy is among the world's finest writers of nonfiction for children. In A Savage Thunder he takes listeners back to the American Civil War to tell the terrible yet extraordinary story of the Battle of Antietam. With the entire world watching, two armies met in Maryland in 1862. The Union needed a victory. The Confederacy hoped to continue its success. When the smoke cleared, 23,000 men were dead or wounded-and the momentum had shifted to the Union.
Author
Jim Murphy
Jim Murphy's nonfiction books have received numerous awards, among them two Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, three Orbis Pictus awards, the Margaret A. Edwards award, the James Madison Book Award, and a National Book Award nomination. Born and raised in New Jersey, Jim lives in Maplewood, NJ, with his family. jimmurphybooks.com.
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Reviews for A Savage Thunder
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The surprisingly poor copy-editing of this book (Harper's Ferry?? Matthew Brady?? -- small mistakes, perhaps, but so obvious) makes me wonder what else is wrong with it. While it has the obligatory troop position maps of the battles at Antietam, it lacks a map of the larger area from Richmond to Washington to Frederick to give the reader a sense of the scale of troop movements before the fighting began. Jim Murphy's portrait of Gen. McClellan is perhaps the most favorable I've ever read. Still, "A Savage Thunder" could serve as a middle-schooler's introduction to this turning point in the Civil War. The poem excerpts that start each chapter (and the font) are an elegant touch.