With Lee in Virginia - Henty, G. A.
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An adventure and tale of derring-do for boys set during the Civil War. A fictional account of fighting with General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States of America. General Lee is regarded as one of the greatest generals of all time, and a cultural icon in the South. G. A. Henty was a popular British writer of books for boys in the late 19th Century. While English he also wrote of American heroes as well. This book is the first in a series of "Books For Boys" by various authors who promote the cause of manhood, courage, devotion to the cause, patriotism, and Christian Faith.…mehr

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An adventure and tale of derring-do for boys set during the Civil War. A fictional account of fighting with General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia of the Confederate States of America. General Lee is regarded as one of the greatest generals of all time, and a cultural icon in the South. G. A. Henty was a popular British writer of books for boys in the late 19th Century. While English he also wrote of American heroes as well. This book is the first in a series of "Books For Boys" by various authors who promote the cause of manhood, courage, devotion to the cause, patriotism, and Christian Faith.
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Autorenporträt
English author and war correspondent George Alfred Henty lived from 8 December 1832 to 16 November 1902. He is most well-known for his historical fiction and adventure books, including The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883), and In Freedom's Cause (1883). (1885). He was a British journalist who served as G. A. Henty's war correspondent. He was raised in Cambridge and finished his education there at Gonville and Caius College. He continued to cover important wars that followed, such as the Italian and Austro-Italian Wars. He wrote 122 books, most of which were geared toward young readers. He also wrote non-fiction, adult fiction, and short tales. In Henty's stories, the main character is a boy or young man who is going through a challenging situation. His characters are consistently low-key, astute, courageous, truthful, and resourceful with a lot of "pluck." The date was put at the bottom of the title page of each of Henty's 122 historical fiction works in their first printings.