Sounding Forth the Trumpet for Children

Both The Light and the Glory and From Sea to Shining Sea, the first two books in Marshall and Manuel's best-selling U.S. history series, have been successfully adapted for children by Anna Fishel. Now young readers can continue learning about God's hand in our nation's history in Sounding Forth the Trumpet for Children. This book brings one of the most crucial times in America's past to life: the pre--Civil War years. Children ages nine to thirteen will learn about the events that led up to the Civil War, including the Mexican War, the Gold Rush, the skirmishes of Bleeding Kansas, and the emergence of Abraham Lincoln. Throughout, the focus is on the tragic issue of slavery, which brought America to the brink of destruction. Sounding Forth the Trumpet for Children will help kids understand God's purpose during a tumultuous time, showing them how ordinary men and women, willing to be used by God, can change the course of history. Parents, home schoolers, Christian schools, church libraries, and anyone who enjoyed the previous books in the series will appreciate this book. From the Book: For slaves sweating in the cotton fields, the pull of freedom was strong. They ran away for many reasons: harsh treatment, brutal whippings, fear of losing their families, being sold. Escaping was not the hard part--there were no stone walls or barbed wire holding them on the plantations. Yet many blacks stayed, because not getting recaptured was hard...How could the runaways avoid the slave catchers and tracking dogs and make it hundreds of miles north? * * * During the 1840s and 50s, a growing group of men and women--whites and free blacks--hid runaways in their homes, feeding them, clothing them, and passing them along to other slave houses. Many of them believed they had been called by God to do this. Risking their reputations, their freedom, and even their lives, they faced stiff fines and possibly prison if they got caught. Their homes were "depots" on what became known as the "Underground Railroad."