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Issue: The World Around Us #26
Publication Date: October 1960
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Issues: #26 of 36 Issues
Title: The Illustrated Story of the Civil War
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Publisher: FlagGilberton
Brand: A Classics Illustrated PublicationView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Gilberton World-Wide Publications Inc.
On Sale Date: 08/08/1960
Volume: none
Pages: 68
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.25 USD
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Content Items: 28 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s):  
Disclose Notes: Meyer A. Kaplan (executive editor); Leonard B. Cole (art director). On-sale date from 1960 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: full color
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: newsprint interior; glossy cover
Binding: squarebound
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Penciller(s): N. J. Nodel (painting) (signed)
Inker(s): N. J. Nodel (painting) (signed)
Colorist(s): N. J. Nodel (painting) (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Lewis Armistead
Synopsis: Union and Confederate soldiers clash near the High-Water Mark in Pickett's Charge; map of Gettysburg in background
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Character(s): Pinocchio; Gepetto; Thumbelina; the Three Bears; the Steadfast Tin Soldier
First Line: The Wonderful World of Fairy Tales
Synopsis: Promo, with order form, for back issues of Classics Illustrated Junior (H.R.N. 567)
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The Civil War

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln; Ulysses S. Grant; Jefferson Davis; Robert E. Lee; Union soldier; Confederate soldier
Synopsis: Montage of specific and generic figures from the Civil War; introductory text.
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Before the Storm

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): John Brown; abolitionists; pro-slavery southerners; fugitive slave
Synopsis: The young United States begins to tear itself apart in the quarrel over slavery.
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The Storm Breaks

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln
Synopsis: Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as President. Five weeks later, South Carolina attacks Fort Sumter, beginning the Civil War.
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War Leaders

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis
Synopsis: Portraits and short biographies of the two Presidents
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The General Who Fought

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Ulysses S. Grant; Abraham Lincoln
Synopsis: Grant leads his men to victory at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and Shiloh. Confronted with demands for Grant's removal because of high casualties, Lincoln refuses, preferring a general who is willing to fight.
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The Great Train Chase

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): James J. Andrews
Synopsis: James J. Andrews leads his men on an unsuccessful attempt to steal the Confederate locomotive "General."
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Restless Conspirator

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Joseph Mazzini
Synopsis: Joseph Mazzini spends years successfully fighting for a united Italy, but is bitterly disappointed that the new nation is a monarchy rather than a republic.
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Flames on the Sea

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Raphael Semmes; John Winslow
Synopsis: Raphael Semmes commands the Confederate raider "Alabama" on a highly-successful commerce-raiding mission. "Alabama" is sunk off Cherbourg by USS "Kearsage," John Winslow commanding.
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The Iron Ships

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Synopsis: "Monitor" and "Merrimack" fight a naval duel off Hampton Roads, Virginia
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War Leaders

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Ulysses S. Grant; Robert E. Lee; David G. Farragut
Synopsis: portraits and brief biographies of three military commanders
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War Drums

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Harry M. Kieffer; Andy; Union soldiers
Synopsis: Harry Kieffer and his friend join the 150th Pennsylvania Volunteers as drummer boys and stretcher bearers. They fight at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg.
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Trial of the Century

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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Account of Nazi atrocities, and of the Nuremberg Trials.
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These Brave Fields

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Writer(s): ?
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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Frank Aretas Haskell; Union soldiers; Confederate soldiers
Synopsis: Haskell's account of his experiences in the Battle of Gettysburg
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Disclose Notes: Illustrated. Content drawn from "The Battle of Gettysburg," by Frank A. Haskell (published posthumously -- Haskell was killed at Cold Harbor).
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The Men in Uniform

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Synopsis: How Civil War soldiers were recruited, outfitted, and killed.
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War Leaders

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): George E. Pickett; George G. Meade; Thomas J. Jackson
Synopsis: portraits and short biographies of three army leaders
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The Ghost Dance

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Wovoka
Synopsis: Wovoka sees visions guiding him to lead the Ghost Dance peacefully, in order to remove the white invaders of Indian country. A Sioux uprising, somewhat connected with the Ghost Dance, is crushed.
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The Gray Ghost

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): John Singleton Mosby; J.E.B. Stuart; Robert E. Lee
Synopsis: Mosby's Partisan Rangers cavalry unit successfully harasses Union posts in Northern Virginia.
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The People at Home

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Synopsis: How civilians experienced the Civil War
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War Leaders

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Philip Kearny; James E. B. Stuart; William T. Sherman
Synopsis: portraits and short biographies of three army leaders
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The Final Days

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Genres: non-fiction, war
Character(s): Ulysses S. Grant; William Sherman; Abraham Lincoln; Robert E. Lee; James Longstreet
Synopsis: As Lincoln begins his second term, Grant crushes Confederate forces in Virginia, forcing Lee's surrender.
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An April Day

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Genres: non-fiction
Character(s): Abraham Lincoln; Ulysses S. Grant; Mary Todd Lincoln
Synopsis: Account of Lincoln's last day
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The Prophet From Hoboken

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Genres: biography, non-fiction
Character(s): John Stevens; De Witt Clinton; Gouvernor Morris
Synopsis: John Stevens agitates for a railroad in 1812, before railroads exist. In 1831 he opens the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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The Aftermath

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Genres: non-fiction
Synopsis: Northern military occupation of the South, and Reconstruction governments, are finally unsuccessful in rebuilding the South or uniting the nation.
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Genres: non-fiction
First Line: We hope you enjoyed this issue.
Synopsis: suggested reading
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First Line: Read the best in the world's finest juvenile publication
Synopsis: Promo, with order form, for back issues of Classics Illustrated (H.R.N. 156)
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First Line: Subscribe now! Today!
Synopsis: Promo, with order form, for subscriptions to The World Around Us
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