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By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:45:42 +0000

In reply to Sarah Laurence. Yeah Sarah, I'm interested in finding out more about women who got involved in the war. Their roles etc. I'll have to read an Elizabeth Wein novel sometime. Thanks for the tip, and for stopping by!

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:43:08 +0000

In reply to Laurel-Rain Snow. I loved Gone With the Wind back in high school too. I will have to reread it sometime to see what I think now. It's a classic and probably my first CW book. Thanks Laurel.

By: Susan Wright

Susan Wright — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 12:40:04 +0000

In reply to Barbara Bartels. Yes Barbara, I really liked Cold Mountain and The Killer Angels too. Those are good ones! I will have to read The Blazing World. You're in CW country there eh? Thanks for your msg, really great.

By: Sarah Laurence

Sarah Laurence — Mon, 30 Mar 2015 00:07:02 +0000

Fine review! It’s an interesting new trend these women in war stories. Buffalo Soldier is another one but in YA. I prefer Elizabeth Wein’s WWII fiction which features female pilots and spies who don’t hide their gender. A different time!

By: Laurel-Rain Snow

Laurel-Rain Snow — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:23:46 +0000

Now I am definitely curious. I haven't read any books set during the Civil War in quite a while...Gone with the Wind from back in high school is hardly representative...LOL. I will check this one out. Thanks for sharing...and here are MY WEEKLY UPDATES

By: Barbara Bartels

Barbara Bartels — Sun, 29 Mar 2015 16:01:35 +0000

Makes me think about Siri Hustvedt’s The Blazing World, which is not about the Civil War, but is about taking on the personna of a man in order to do that which one must do in life. Blazing World is about the New York art world but calls up so many women who have passed as men in one way or another.
My husband and I are listening to Rebel Call, about the life of Stonewall Jackson. It’s very good, but I am not as interested in military strategies and battles as my husband is. I kind of glaze over during some of the campaigns — and there’s a lot of them. I liked Cold Mountain best of CW books. I also made my family listen to Killer Angels in the car on a trip from Maine to Gettysburg. Others fell asleep but I loved it particularly because it featured Joshua Chamberlain who was a rediscovered hero and former Bowdoin College president — and I was working in Brunswick at the time. The book enriched our visit to Gettysburg.