The ABCs of the Confederacy. From the brave sailors of the Alabama to the Confederacy's nurses and soldiers, this alphabet book pays tribute to every Southerner who protected Dixie. This picture book primer, including lyrics to two popular period songs and a Confederate uniform quiz, highlights the spirit of the South's defenders during the Civil War.

 

This book has been graded for interest at 6-10 years.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Pelican Publishing Co .

Rickey E. Pittman, 1998 Grand Prize winner of the prestigious Ernest Hemingway Short Story Competition, is an active member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp Thomas McGuire, in West Monroe, Louisiana. He is also a Civil War re-enactor, a public speaker on issues and topics related to the War Between the States, and a musician who travels and performs original and Civil War period music. Pittman lives with his wife in Bastrop, Louisiana, where he teaches English at Bastrop High School and freshman composition at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He is a proud father and grandfather. Lynn Hosegood teaches art at a retirement community in her local area and runs a home-based business specializing in prints of Virginia historical sites and college campuses. A member of the Virginia Watercolor Society, she has studied portraiture and limning. She lives with her husband in Williamsburg, Virginia. Stephanie Ford is an illustrator, educator, and Civil War enthusiast. She gives presentations to reenactors and historical societies on a number of topics related to the 19th century and frontier life. Ford earned degrees in art and history before earning a masters in education and English from Texas Womens University. She teaches high school art and English, is a member of the Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators, the Texas Art Education Association, and Women Artists of the West.