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Through the pages of her diary, a curious ten‑year‑old girl shares everyday scenes of Washington, D.C., while the nation faces the last throes of the Civil War and the traumatic assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Her observations, combined with brief historical notes, provide readers with a vivid, child‑perspective look at the final years of this defining American conflict.
First publish date: 2001
Genre: History/Modern History
Authors: Mary Pope Osborne
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