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FROM: "Kate Gillette" <kate@tln.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 12:58 PM

On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon by Kaye Gibbons

Alice's Tulips by Sandra Dallas

Kate Gillette
Novi Public Library
Novi, MI

FROM: "Mary Rindfleisch" <rdgnovel@biblio.org>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 12:58 PM

One of the two plot threads in _Cold Mountain_ features a woman on the
homefront coping with the deprivations of the war. Rita Mae Brown's _High
Hearts_ is about a teenaged girl who disguises herself as a boy to fight in
the Confederate Army with her boyfriend. _Watchfires_ by Louis Auchincloss
and _Freedom's Banner_ by Teresa Crane are among many books set during the
war which explore how families were effected by the war and many have strong
central female characters. Margaret Walker's _Jubliee_ has a heroine as
vibrant as Scarlett O'Hara -- only difference is that she is the daughter of
a white plantation owner and his black mistress. There are certainly many,
many more family sagas and/or romances set in that period, many of which
have a women as protoganist (Eugenia Price, for one).

Mary Rindfleisch
Adult Services/Readers' Advisory Librarian
Ridgefield Library
472 Main St.
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Phone: 203-438-2282
e-mail: rdgnovel@biblio.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org
[mailto:Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org]On Behalf Of Carol Elmore
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 11:18 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Women and the American Civil War


Hi,
I have a poster of real women who were influencial during the Civil War
that I want to use for Women's History Month as part of
a display with fiction books about the women and the Civil War sort-of a
"Gone With the Wind" theme. Any ideas? Will compile suggestions for the
list.
Thanks,
Carole Elmore

FROM: "Marla" <marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 1:19 PM

I take it your request does not have to be limited to historical
women -- your display can include fictional? If so, I would suggest:

SHERMAN'S MARCH, by Cynthia Bass. Includes as one of the
major characters a southern widow displaced by Sherman's march.

HIGH HEARTS, by Rita Mae Brown. A young wife disguises
herself as a soldier to follow her husband in the Confederate army.

BELOVED ENEMY, by Al Lacy. Centers around a romance
between a Union soldier and a young woman who is a spy for the
Confederate army.

LOVE IS ETERNAL, by I. Stone. The life of Mary Todd and
Abraham Lincoln.

I know there are more -- just can't think of them at the moment....
BYE!

Marla/Great Falls Public Library/Acquisitions
301 2nd Ave N
Great Falls, MT 59401-2593
marla@orion.mtgr.mtlib.org


*************
For reason will convince us that what is necessary to be
performed in the heat of action should constantly be
practised in the leisure of peace.
Vegetius, EPITOMA REI MILITARIS

FROM: "ALD (LIB)" <ALD@omaha.lib.ne.us>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 1:30 PM

Carole,

From our in-house fiction database:

Thin moon and cold mist by Gear
Daughter of Twin Oaks by Snelling
On secret service by Jakes
In the fall by Lent
Murder at Gettysburg by Walker
From fields of gold by Ripley

HTH!

Sherry Forrest
Arts & Literature Dept.
Omaha Public Library (NE)

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Elmore [mailto:celmore@westga.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:18 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Women and the American Civil War


Hi,
I have a poster of real women who were influencial during the Civil War
that I want to use for Women's History Month as part of
a display with fiction books about the women and the Civil War sort-of a
"Gone With the Wind" theme. Any ideas? Will compile suggestions for the
list.
Thanks,
Carole Elmore

FROM: Carol Elmore <celmore@westga.edu>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 1:30 PM

Hi,
I have a poster of real women who were influencial during the Civil War
that I want to use for Women's History Month as part of
a display with fiction books about the women and the Civil War sort-of a
"Gone With the Wind" theme. Any ideas? Will compile suggestions for the
list.
Thanks,
Carole Elmore

FROM: "Karen A.K. Keller" <kkeller@tln.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 1:40 PM

"Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All" by Allan Gurganus.

Karen Keller
Brighton (MI) District Library

FROM: "Lisa Colcord" <LColcord@ci.glendale.az.us>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 1:50 PM

One of my favorite romances was about a girl who disguised herself as a boy during the Civil War. It is Ashes in the Wind by Kathleen Woodiwiss. Definitely in the romance ganre.

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

....my views are my own....

-The secret to life is enjoying the passage of time- James Taylor

>>> ALD@omaha.lib.ne.us 02/13/01 12:29PM >>>
Carole,

From our in-house fiction database:

Thin moon and cold mist by Gear
Daughter of Twin Oaks by Snelling
On secret service by Jakes
In the fall by Lent
Murder at Gettysburg by Walker
From fields of gold by Ripley

HTH!

Sherry Forrest
Arts & Literature Dept.
Omaha Public Library (NE)

-----Original Message-----
From: Carol Elmore [mailto:celmore@westga.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 10:18 AM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Women and the American Civil War


Hi,
I have a poster of real women who were influencial during the Civil War
that I want to use for Women's History Month as part of
a display with fiction books about the women and the Civil War sort-of a
"Gone With the Wind" theme. Any ideas? Will compile suggestions for the
list.
Thanks,
Carole Elmore

FROM: "Renee Zurn" <rzurn@duluth.lib.mn.us>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 4:11 PM

Carole,
I am enjoying a mystery series set during the Civil War with a woman as the "detective." There are two books in this series by Ann McMillan.

Renee Zurn
Duluth Public Library

FROM: Betty Mavros <boo@ccs.nsls.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 4:32 PM

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FROM: Thelma Stone <tstone@fortworthlibrary.org>
REC'D: 2/13/01, 5:25 PM

Miriam Grace Monfredo has a series of historical mysteries preceding and
during the Civil War. They feature librarian Glynis Tryon. One of the
earlier books features the Underground Railroad - North Star Conspiracy.
The latest book, Sisters of Cain, is set during the war. Glynis' niece
Bronwen is a Union spy sent to Richmond. Bronwen's sister volunteers to
nurse soldiers.

FROM: Bsbgc@aol.com
REC'D: 2/13/01, 5:35 PM

In a message dated 2/13/2001 11:19:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
celmore@westga.edu writes:

<<
Hi,
I have a poster of real women who were influencial during the Civil War
that I want to use for Women's History Month as part of
a display with fiction books about the women and the Civil War sort-of a
"Gone With the Wind" theme. Any ideas? Will compile suggestions for the
list.
Thanks,
Carole Elmore >>

I would strongly suggest Elswyth Thane's Yankee Stranger, the second book of
the Williamsburg Series.

Binnie Syril Braunstein
romance novelist/former librarian

FROM: Jean Langlais <JLanglai@linc.lib.il.us>
REC'D: 2/14/01, 8:14 AM

Monfredo's is a great series and perfect for Women's History Month. Others
to look at-Savannah Quartet by Eugenia Price which is a family saga
revolving around the events leading up to and throughout the Civil War.
Also take a look at Ann McMillan's Dead March and Angel Trumpet, the main
characters are women, one black, one white, of very different circumstances;
John Reed's A Still Small Voice is a sensitive coming of age novel with
strong female characters; the upcoming Thomas Fleming novel When This Cruel
War is Over is the fictionalized story of Kentucky belle Janet Todd and her
part in the Sons of Liberty uprising during the Civil War.
> ----------
> From: Thelma Stone[SMTP:tstone@fortworthlibrary.org]
> Reply To: Fiction_L
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2001 7:43 AM
> To: Fiction_L
> Subject: Re: Women and the American Civil War
>
>
> Miriam Grace Monfredo has a series of historical mysteries preceding and
> during the Civil War. They feature librarian Glynis Tryon. One of the
> earlier books features the Underground Railroad - North Star Conspiracy.
> The latest book, Sisters of Cain, is set during the war. Glynis' niece
> Bronwen is a Union spy sent to Richmond. Bronwen's sister volunteers to
> nurse soldiers.
>
>
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FROM: "christine jeffords" <sevenstars39@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 2/14/01, 8:45 AM

>From: Carol Elmore <celmore@westga.edu>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <Fiction_L@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <fiction_l@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Women and the American Civil War
>Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 11:18:14 -0500 (EST)
>
>Hi,
> I have a poster of real women who were influencial during the Civil War
>that I want to use for Women's History Month as part of
>a display with fiction books about the women and the Civil War sort-of a
>"Gone With the Wind" theme. Any ideas? Will compile suggestions for the
>list.
>Thanks,
>Carole Elmore
>


The book "Cyclone in Calico" (author not currently available to me) is a
biography of "Mother" Mary Ann Bickerdyke, the "Bulldog of the Sanitary
Commission." It's fascinating. You might also use "Bonnet Brigades," which
is a general history of how women contributed to the war effort.
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FROM: "Brad Scott" <bscott@ci.allen.tx.us>
REC'D: 2/14/01, 9:48 AM

-(Christine Jeffords wrote:) You might also use "Bonnet Brigades," which is a general history of how women contributed to the war effort.

This book, by Mary Elizabeth Massey, was republished by the University of Nebraska in 1994 under the title "Women in the Civil War".

"Civil War women : the Civil War seen through women's eyes in stories by Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopin, Eudora Welty, and other great women writers", edited by Frank McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh, & Martin Greenberg, might also be a possibility.

If I were doing a display like this I might include nonfiction items like Mary Chesnut's Civil War diaries or books on Southern women such as Varina Davis (Jefferson Davis's wife), but that might not fit your plans.

Bradley A. Scott
Allen (Texas) Public Library

** All opinions are personal. **

FROM: Elizabeth Manar <Elizabeth.Manar@galegroup.com>
REC'D: 2/14/01, 9:59 AM

The following titles were found in What Do I Read Next? online. Some of the
titles were found using "Custom Search: Time Period: U.S. Civil War" and
using the "Subjects = Women, and Women Soldiers," and "Full Text: Women."
Others were found using "Custom Search: Genre/Story Type: =
Historical/American Civil War" and "Subject = Women."

Fiction:

High Hearts (1986) by Rita Mae Brown

Must the Maiden Die (1999) by Miriam Grace Monfredo (also features a
librarian, in relation to the string of conversation on that topic)

Into the Long Dark Night (1992) by Michael Phillips

Civil War Women: American Women Shaped by Conflict in Stories by Alcott,
Chopin, Welty, and Others (1988) by Frank D. McSherry, Jr. and Charles G.
Waugh

Watchfires (1982) by Louis Auchincloss

The President's Daughter (1994) by Barbara Chase-Riboud

The Velvet Shadow (1999) by Angela Elwell Hunt

Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy (1868) by Louisa May Alcott


Nonfiction:

Mary Chesnut's Civil War by Mary Chesnut

Those Courageous Women of the Civil War (1998) by Karen Zeinert

Elizabeth Manar
Contributing Editor, What Do I Read Next?

"The views, opinions, and judgments expressed in this message are solely
those of the author. The message contents have not been reviewed or approved
by the Gale Group."

FROM: Carol Elmore <celmore@westga.edu>
REC'D: 2/26/01, 1:21 PM

Thanks to everyone who made suggests!
Women and the American Civil War

Author Title

Alcott, Louisa May Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy
Auchincloss, Louis Watchfires
Bahr, Howard The Black Flower
Bass, Cynthia Sherman's March
Bean, Frederic Lorena
Brown, Rita Mae High Hearts
Chase-Riboud, Barbara The President's Daughter
Crane, Teresa Freedom's Banner
Dallas, Sandra Alice's Tulips
Fleming, Thomas When This Cruel War is Over
Frazier, Charles Cold Mountain
Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Thin Moon and Cold Mist
Gibbons, Kaye On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
Hunt, Angela Elwell The Velvet Shadow
Jakes, John On Secret Service
Lacy, Al Beloved Enemy
Lent, Jeffery In the Fall
Massey, Mary Elizabeth Women in the Civil War
McMillan, Ann Dead March
Angel Trumpet
McSherry, Frank D. Civil War Women: American Women Shaped by
Conflict
Monfredo, Miriam Grace Must the Maiden Die
North Star Conspiracy
Sisters of Cain
Phillips, Michael Into the Long Dark Night
Price, Eugenia Beauty From Ashes
Savannah
To See Your Face Again
Before the Darkness Falls
Stranger in Savannah
Reed, John A Still Small Voice
Ripley, Alexandra From Fields of Gold
Skvorecky, Josef The Bride of Texas
Snelling, Lauraine Daughter of Twin Oaks
Stone, I. Love is Eternal
Thane, Elswyth Yankee Stranger
Walker, Margaret Jubliee
Walker, Murder at Gettysburg
Woodiwiss, Kathleen Ashes in the Wind

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