Title The silent witness : a true story of the Civil War / by Robin Friedman ; illustrated by Claire A. Nivola.

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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2005.

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Description	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary	Four-year-old Lula McLean lived on a plantation overlooking Bull Run Creek. There her family grew wheat, corn, and oats. In July 1861, troops fighting in the newly begun Civil War arrived on the McLeans' front lawn in Manassas, Virginia. The peaceful countryside where Lula often spent time playing with her favorite rag doll became a campsite full of cannon and trenches and tents. Wilmer McLean decided to relocate his family to a tiny village called Appomattox Court House, away from the war and the troops. But a few years later, on April 9, 1865, as Lula played with her rag doll, two visitors in tall boots made their way into her house. Lula and her doll were about to become part of American history. Robin Friedman and Claire A. Nivola reveal, through the story of Lula and her beloved doll, the story of a nineteenth-century family who saw the Civil War unfold before their very eyes.
Subject	McLean family -- Juvenile literature.
	McLean, Wilmer, 1814-1882 -- Juvenile literature.
	Appomattox (Va.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Manassas (Va.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
	McLean family -- Literature.
	McLean, Wilmer, 1814-1882 -- Literature.
	Appomattox (Va.) -- Biography -- Literature.
	Manassas (Va.) -- Biography -- Literature.
	Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography -- Literature.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography -- Literature.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Literature.
	McLean family. (OCoLC)fst00212299
	McLean, Wilmer, 1814-1882 (OCoLC)fst00320095
	American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
	Virginia. (OCoLC)fst01204597
	Virginia -- Appomattox. (OCoLC)fst01229639
	Virginia -- Manassas. (OCoLC)fst01214877
Chronological Term	1861-1865
Genre/Form	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Added Author	Nivola, Claire A., illustrator.
ISBN	0618442308
	9780618442300
	0547014368
	9780547014364

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