TY - BOOK AU - O. Steele, William TI - The perilous road SN - 9780152052041 U1 - Fiction STE-W PY - 1990/// CY - New York PB - Harcourt young classic KW - Young Learners KW - Fiction KW - United States KW - Prejudices N1 - Chris Brabson hates the Union troops. Yankee riders in the Tennessee mountains have stolen his family's newly harvested crops and their only horse. In spite of this, Chris' brother joins the Union army, and his parents refuse to take either side. But Chris has no doubts, he would fight for the Confederacy. The Perilous Road, a Newbery Honor book, powerfully illustrates the senseless waste of war and the true meaning of courage and tolerance ER -