GDG- Opinions, please

[Alan D. Brunelle]

Jfepperson at aol.com wrote:
> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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> My 9 year old son, who is a pretty smart kid, but not genius level, is 
> beginning to show interest in Gettysburg.  Is Killer Angels  beyond
> his level?  (For comparison's sake, he is reading Tolkien on his
> own.)
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Not having read the book, I'll take the road my high school kids take 
and say: "But I did see the movie!" :-)

Another option might be Shelby Foote's "Stars In Their Courses" - an 
extract from his story of the Civil War (or his history of the Civil 
War). It should read well - Foote was a story teller and therefore wrote 
in a rather casual style. Certainly not at a higher level then Mr. 
J.R.R. "I - literally - wrote the dictionary" Tolkien...

Alan
PS. As one who not only read LoTR and all his other books, but have also 
read most of his son's works - including the history of writing LoTR - a 
fascinating set of books, by the way. Watching how that book come into 
being is quite interesting...