{"product_id":"two-miserable-presidents-steve-sheinkin-9780606375887","title":"Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You about the Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eMay 22, 1856: A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM SOUTH CAROLINA WALKS INTO THE SENATE CHAMBER, LOOKING FOR TROUBLE.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat Congressman, Preston Brooks, was ready to attack Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts over remarks Sumner made slamming senators who supported slavery in Kansas. Brooks lifted his cane to beat Sumner, and here the action in the book stops, so that Steve Sheinkin can explain just where this confrontation started. In the process, he unravels the complicated string of events - the small things, the personal ones, the big issues- that led to The Civil War. It is a time and a war that threatened America's very existence, revealed in the surprising true stories of the soldiers and statesmen who battled it out. \u003cbr\u003e\"Two Miserable Presidents\" is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Sheinkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0606375880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780606375887\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turtleback Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e129080 \/ Two Miserable Presidents: Everything Your Schoolbooks Didn't Tell You about the Civil War\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steve Sheinkin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46767111078143,"sku":"9780606375887","price":27.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46a1358b-1e84-4e0a-9730-1c3d3a6bf715.jpg?v=1744168884","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/two-miserable-presidents-steve-sheinkin-9780606375887","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}