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1 online resource (1 audio file). |
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digital rda |
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audio file rda |
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CD audio |
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AudioGO children's
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| Contents |
Spirit of invention -- 1850-1860: Nation moving toward civil war -- Lincoln's secret train -- Lincoln takes command -- Anaconda plan -- Learning war -- Riding the winds of battle -- Ironclads -- Summer 1862-Spring 1863: Lincoln searches for a general -- Runners & raiders -- Old war, new war -- Slow march to rapid fire -- Homemade navy -- Rails & wires at war -- November 1863-August 1864: Stalemate East & West -- Total war -- Legacy beyond the battlefield. |
| Summary |
Lincoln knew that winning the war would take more than the same old strategies and maneuvers. It would require using technology to create new ways of waging war. Lincoln worked to make sure his soldiers and sailors had the best and latest hardware. By combining new tools with time-tested tactics, he helped revolutionize warfare. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.9 7 129634 |
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Accelerated Reader MG 8.9 7 129634 |
| Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
| Performer |
Read by Fred Sullivan. |
| Summary |
Reveals how President Lincoln's appreciation for the power of technology played a critical role in the North's Civil War victory over the less developed South, and discusses the specific technologies used by the North in the war. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile literature.
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United States. Army. |
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American Civil War (1861-1865) |
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1800-1899 |
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Technology -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.
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Technology. |
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Technology.
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United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
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Technology -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Technology -- Juvenile literature.
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United States. |
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Audiobooks.
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Downloadable audio books. |
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Audiobooks.
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Children's audiobooks.
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History.
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Juvenile works.
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Children's audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Allen, Roger MacBride, author.
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Sullivan, Fred, narrator.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Allen, Thomas B.. Mr. Lincoln's high-tech war : how the North used the telegraph, railroads, surveillance balloons, ironclads, high-powered weapons, and more to win the Civil War [Ashland, Or.] : AudioGO, ℗2013 9781624602160 (OCoLC)828862635 |
| ISBN |
9781624602177 : $19.95 |
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1624602177 : $19.95 |
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