01621cam a2200337 4500 139810444 TxGeo 20130620120000.0 091202s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009050062 9781580136716 hbk. 1580136710 hbk. (OCoLC)477271435 TxGeo Figley, Marty Rhodes, 1948- President Lincoln, Willie Kettles, and the telegraph machine / by Marty Rhodes Figley ; illustrated by David Riley. Minneapolis, MN : Millbrook Press, 2011. 48 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm. History speaks: picture books plus reader's theater Includes bibliographical references (p. 46). In this book, the story of the fall of Richmond during the American Civil War is depicted through the Eyes of Willie Kettles, the youngest operator in the United States Military Telegraph Corps in Washington. Part of the book is in the form of a script for a short play. 20130625. With bookplate: Service above self Rotary collection 2013. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865. Lincoln, Abraham 1809-1865. Military leadership. Telegraph United States History 19th century. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Communications. Riley, David, 1977- History speaks: picture books plus reader's theater. QS5