Civil War women II : stories by women about women / edited by Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh, and Frank D. McSherry, Jr. ; with an introduction by Catherine Clinton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Greenberg, Martin Harry.

Waugh, Charles.

McSherry, Frank D., Jr., 1927-1997.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American fiction--Women authors.

Short stories, American.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women--Fiction.

United States.

History.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Fiction.

Short stories, American--Women authors.

War stories, American.

Genre:

Fiction.

War stories, American.

Short stories, American.

Physical Description:

154 pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Civil War women 2

Civil War women two

Place of Publication:

Little Rock, Ark. : August House Publishers, 1997.

Summary:

Wartime has always redefined gender roles, and few conflicts have demanded more of some than the Civil War. In this sequel to our 1988 release, Civil War Women, Louisa May Alcott, Edith Wharton, Elsie Singmaster, and five other females writers portray women on both sides of the battlefield, playing for high stakes with the cards they are dealt. Whether they are smuggling provisions to husbands in nearby regiments, shouldering arms, harboring injured runaway soldiers, or confronting the cowardice of men they thought they knew the women here discover reserves of grit and will that transform their lives forever.

Contents:

My Thanksgiving / Rose Terry Cooke

Margaret Bronson / Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward

The lamp of Psyche / Edith Wharton

Brave Mrs. Lyle / Sarah B. Cooper

From a soldier's wife / Bella Z. Spencer

Mary Bowman / Elsie Singmaster

The blue and the grey / Louise May Alcott

The last of seven / Louise C. Moulton.

ISBN:

0874834872

OCLC:

36407825