{"product_id":"hold-the-flag-high-the-true-story-of-the-first-black-medal-of-honor-winner-9780060504304","title":"Hold the Flag High: The True Story of the First Black Medal of Honor Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe true story of the first Black Medal of Freedom winner--a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e remarkable account of one of the most memorable battles in Civil War history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSergeant William H. Carney was one of the few Black officers of the newly formed Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Regiment--composed entirely of Black soldiers. In an important Civil War battle, Carney led his men over the ramparts of Fort Wagner, where Union soldiers charged the Confederates. As they fought, they gained strength from the stars and stripes of the American flag, Old Glory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was Carney's vow to never let Old Glory touch the ground, and despite several gunshot wounds, he was able to rescue the flag from the fallen bearer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarney held the flag high as a symbol that his regiment would never submit to the Confederacy. The battle of Fort Wagner decimated the Fifty-fourth Regiment, but Carney's heroism that night inspired all who survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis nonfiction picture book is authored by Catherine Clinton, the Denman Chair of American History at the University of Texas in San Antonio, and beautifully illustrated by Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner Shane W. Evans. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Captures the fear and horror of battle as well as the bravery of the soldiers.\"--\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An excellent resource to humanize textbook studies of the Civil War.\" --\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eClinton, Catherine:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eCatherine Clinton is the author of \u003cem\u003eHarriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eFanny Kemble's Civil Wars\u003c\/em\u003e. Educated at Harvard, Sussex, and Princeton, she is a member of the advisory committee to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, and holds a chair in U.S. history at Queen's University Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvans, Shane W.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShane W. Evans\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author and illustrator of \u003cem\u003eUnderground\u003c\/em\u003e, a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award winner, \u003cem\u003eWe March\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOlu's Dream\u003c\/em\u003e and the illustrator of more than forty books for children, including \u003cem\u003eChocolate Me!; Mixed Me!; \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eI Love You More Than . . ., \u003c\/em\u003eall by Taye Diggs. He has exhibited his art all over the world, in West Africa, South Africa, and France and Chicago, New York, and other major U.S. cities. He has a home base in Kansas City, Missouri, where he runs Dream Studio, a studio that is open to the community. You can visit the work online at www.shaneevans.com and www.dreamstudio777.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katherine Tegen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50495203836178,"sku":"9780060504304","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d8167151-709a-4f74-b2e2-9c47bda2236b.jpg?v=1730674103","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hold-the-flag-high-the-true-story-of-the-first-black-medal-of-honor-winner-9780060504304","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}