Barbara Frietchie By John Greenleaf Whittier

An illustrated edition of the poem describing Barbara Fritchie's dramatic stand with the Union flag against the rebel troops invading her town.

Terry (partial hiatus-illness)

This is a delightful rendering of Whittier’s 1863 poem. The book is made even more memorable by Nancy Winslow Parker’s wonderful illustrations. I highly recommend it to anyone who has spent inordinate amounts of time pondering over too many quaint and curious volumes of forgotten lore (apologies to Edgar Allan Poe). You’ll be refreshed.
Ai-Ling Louie

In Frederick, Maryland, 1862, just before the Battle of Antietam, the Confederate Army supposedly marched by the house of elderly Barbara Freitchie. The Union sympathizer waved the flag to Gen. Stonewall Jackson's displeasure. The Whittier poem is ably illustrated for schoolchildren by Nancy Winslow Parker.
Andy Hickman

Barbara Frietchie, by John Greenleaf Whittier

Fanciful take on an ugly time of histoty - the US Civil War **
Barbara Brien

This poem may not be historically accurate, but it is good. This books includes a few pages describing the actual event that inspired the poem, and some notes on who Stonewall Jackson and John Greenleaf Whittier were.
Jim

if i'd read the paul galdone version i'd probably rate it 4 or 5 stars