CROMPTON, Samuel Willard . Ulysses S. Grant . 120p. May ISBN 978-1-60413-301-1 . LC 2008044613. KOESTLER-GRACK, Rachel A. Abraham Lincoln . 128p. May ISBN 978-1-60413-298-4 . LC 2008043030. KOESTLER-GRACK, Rachel A. . Stonewall Jackson . 136p. May ISBN 978-1-60413-299-1 . LC 2008044611. KOESTLER-GRACK, Rachel A. . William Tecumseh Sherman . 152p. May ISBN 978-1-60413-300-4 . LC 2008045707. MCNEESE, Tim . Robert E. Lee . 160p. June ISBN 978-1-60413-304-2 . LC 2008044623. MALASPINA, Ann . Harriet Tubman . 120p. Apr. ISBN 978-1-60413-303-5 . LC 2008042412. SONNEBORN, Liz . Harriet Beecher Stowe . 120p. May ISBN 978-1-60413-302-8 . LC 2008044608. STERNGASS, Jon . Frederick Douglass . 160p. charts. ISBN 978-1-60413-306-6 . LC 2008043023. STERNGASS, Jon . John Brown . 144p. May ISBN 978-1-60413-305-9 . LC 2008044622. ea vol: (Leaders of the Civil War Era Series). photos. reprods. bibliog. chron. further reading. glossary. index. Web sites. CIP. Chelsea House . 2009. RTE $30. Gr 8 Up These fact-filled but dry books are heavy on the history, but light on the private lives. Readers learn, for example, that Shermans early life was full of death and tragedy, but not how that affected him. The death of Lincolns son Willie merits a single short paragraph, and Mary Todd Lincolns disputed mental health is mentioned not at all. The notion that Frederick Douglass was notoriously quick to take offense is only touched upon. The relatively few black-and-white and color illustrations include portraits and photographs, and there are large sidebars that sometimes occupy most of a page, covering topics such as the White House of the Confederacy in Davis . Unfortunately, these titles lack a sufficient number of maps and primary sources.