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    Great Battles for Boys: Ancients to Middle Ages: Great Battles for Boys

    By Joe Giorello

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    About this ebook

    Spartans! Persians! Romans!

    Historic warriors who changed the world. But does your son know why these soldiers were fighting?

    Find out in Great Battles for Boys, the bestselling series that takes young readers to the front lines of the world's most significant clashes. History leaps off the page with short, powerful chapters and plenty of historic imagery, capturing the attention of even reluctant readers.

    Want boys to read? Give them books they WANT to read!

    In this installment of the bestselling series, boys travel to the ancient world to learn about twelve famous military battles that drastically altered world history. They'll also learn about the notable men who led those battles, including Alexander the Great, Julius Casaer, and William "Braveheart" Wallace, among many others. 

    Beginning in Ancient Greece and Persia, the battles continue into the Middle Ages—including the Crusades—and conclude with the year 1588 when the Spanish Armada's attempted invasion of England, and the dawn of modern naval warfare. 

    Don't miss the highly acclaimed series for boys that reveals the courage and valor of men in battle, and how their bravery changed the world. 

    Pick up a copy today—and create a reader tomorrow.

    Praise for the Great Battles for Boys series

    "This book should be in school libraries everywhere. It is a treasure trove of information that is engagingly written that makes one feel they are in a great classroom with a great instructor sharing his knowledge in a fun way."

    —5 Stars, Amazon Top 10 Reviewer

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJoe Giorello
    Release dateMar 12, 2019
    ISBN9781947076181
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    Great Battles for Boys: Ancients to Middle Ages: Great Battles for Boys
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    Joe Giorello

    Joe Giorello teaches a highly popular middle-grade class for boys called “Great Battles," based on this book series. Growing up in a large Italian family in Queens, New York, Joe listened to firsthand stories of relatives who served in World War II and Vietnam. Their experiences sparked his love of history and spurred him to study military history. He’s since acquired a vast library of books that stretch from ancient battles to modern warfare. As both a teacher and an author , Joe’s goal is to show young people that “freedom isn’t free” and that history is anything but boring. When he’s not teaching about historic battles, weapons, and warfare, Joe can be found playing blues around the Seattle area with his band, The Fabulous Roof Shakers. He enjoys hearing from readers. Contact him at his website, www.greatbattlebooks.com, and at the Facebook page for Great Battles: https:// www.facebook.com/greatbattles

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    • 5/5
      Easy read for upper elementary students.
    • 1/5
      As a fan of history in general and military history in particular, I was very excited to receive and review this book. Unfortunately I was very disappointed. While the writing was purposefully kept at a low reading level, it was the many errors throughout the book that keep me from giving it a positive review. From the first chapter which discusses the Battle of Thermopylae, the book states that ancient warfare lasted “probably less than one minute each.” I’m hoping this is a typo to be resolved because ancient warfare typically lasted longer than that, oftentimes a number of hours (see John Keegan’s A History of Warfare). Ancient battle was brutal and exhausting but it did not end after one minute!Another major mistake which disappointed me was in the beginning of the chapter on The Battle of Alesia. The author(s) state that the reader had surely heard of Julius Caesar “the famous Roman emperor.” As any lover of history should know, Julius Caesar was never a Roman emperor. That this was not a small oversight is shown later in the chapter when the author(s) write that after the battle, “Julius became emperor of the Roman Empire.” And even though the book does not tell us what his name would have been before, it states that “His name was changed to Julius Caesar. ‘Caesar’ was a title like ‘emperor’ or ‘king.’” None of this, of course, is true.There are, unfortunately, many such errors in the book. While I think the series has an ambitious and noble goal of reaching young boys and getting them interested in the printed word, I wish the writers would take more to fact check their sources. Sadly, I cannot recommend this book.
    • 3/5
      The book itself was an easy read. It gives a short story of various battles and people with where to find out more at the end of each chapter.I did not like the sources at the end of each chapter. It felt like I was reading a wiki website. It was an okay book.