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FROM: "Evansdale Public Library" <[removed]@mchsi.com>
REC'D: 12/10/04, 1:59 PM

Hello Fiction-L:

You came through for me last time...looking for help again.

I have a patron looking for a book that she read when she was a junior
in high school, 1979.

She said she thought it might be titled ONCE IN A LIFETIME but doesn't
know exactly where she got that from, that's just what keeps popping
into her head whenever she thinks about this book.

She said the premise of the story is about a girl who disguises herself
as a boy during the Civil War. She meets up with a slave and there is a
wagon and coffin involved for concealment but the patron couldn't
remember who was in the coffin in the wagon although she thinks it might
have been the slave.

She also remembers a white cover with some pink on it. (Ah, my
favorite!)

Does this ring a bell with anyone? Any help would be appreciated.


Shannon Surly
Library Director

Evansdale Public Library
123 North Evans Road
Evansdale, Iowa 50707
(319) 232-5367

http://home.mchsi.com/~eplib/

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FROM: "Sarah Pitkin" <[removed]@utah.gov>
REC'D: 12/10/04, 3:50 PM

The only one I could find was High Hearts by Rita Mae Brown.
Description: This Civil War saga centers on the wartime experiences of
Geneva Chatfield, who disguises herself as a boy and runs off to join
her husband fighting on the Confederate side. In the process, Geneva
discovers she can amount to something more than just a clinging vine.
Some strong language and some descriptions of sex.

Sarah Pitkin, Librarian
Utah State Library
Program for the Blind & Disabled
250 North 1950 West, Suite A
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
(801) 715-6793
[removed]@utah.gov

FROM: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
REC'D: 12/10/04, 4:23 PM

Well, I don't remember the slave/coffin connectiuon, but Kathleen
Woodiwiss wrote a great Civil War romance about a girl who disguises
herself as a black(?) boy during the war. It is called Ashes in the
Wind.

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

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[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Evansdale Public
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Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:51 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: re: Looking for book/Girl disguises self as boy during Civil
War

Hello Fiction-L:

You came through for me last time...looking for help again.

I have a patron looking for a book that she read when she was a junior
in high school, 1979.

She said she thought it might be titled ONCE IN A LIFETIME but doesn't
know exactly where she got that from, that's just what keeps popping
into her head whenever she thinks about this book.

She said the premise of the story is about a girl who disguises herself
as a boy during the Civil War. She meets up with a slave and there is a
wagon and coffin involved for concealment but the patron couldn't
remember who was in the coffin in the wagon although she thinks it might
have been the slave.

She also remembers a white cover with some pink on it. (Ah, my
favorite!)

Does this ring a bell with anyone? Any help would be appreciated.


Shannon Surly
Library Director

Evansdale Public Library
123 North Evans Road
Evansdale, Iowa 50707
(319) 232-5367

http://home.mchsi.com/~eplib/

[removed]@mchsi.com

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FROM: "Pam Wheeler" <[removed]@npls.org>
REC'D: 12/13/04, 8:30 AM

Maybe Rita Mae Brown's High Hearts?

Parmelee (Pam) A. Wheeler MSL
Assistant Director
Newark Public Library
101 West Main Street
Newark, OH 43055-5054
Phone: 740-349-5570 Fax: 740-3495575

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From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Colcord, Lisa
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 5:19 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: RE: Looking for book/Girl disguises self as boy during Civil
War

Well, I don't remember the slave/coffin connectiuon, but Kathleen
Woodiwiss wrote a great Civil War romance about a girl who disguises
herself as a black(?) boy during the war. It is called Ashes in the
Wind.

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

Petulia liked animals, especially pigs, because they had wobbly noses.
Tiffany quite liked animals too, but no one except other animals liked
animals as much as Petulia.

Terry Pratchett
A Hat Full of Sky
page 102

-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of Evansdale Public
Library
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:51 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: re: Looking for book/Girl disguises self as boy during Civil
War

Hello Fiction-L:

You came through for me last time...looking for help again.

I have a patron looking for a book that she read when she was a junior
in high school, 1979.

She said she thought it might be titled ONCE IN A LIFETIME but doesn't
know exactly where she got that from, that's just what keeps popping
into her head whenever she thinks about this book.

She said the premise of the story is about a girl who disguises herself
as a boy during the Civil War. She meets up with a slave and there is a
wagon and coffin involved for concealment but the patron couldn't
remember who was in the coffin in the wagon although she thinks it might
have been the slave.

She also remembers a white cover with some pink on it. (Ah, my
favorite!)

Does this ring a bell with anyone? Any help would be appreciated.


Shannon Surly
Library Director

Evansdale Public Library
123 North Evans Road
Evansdale, Iowa 50707
(319) 232-5367

http://home.mchsi.com/~eplib/

[removed]@mchsi.com

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FROM: "Harwood, Robin" <[removed]@cslibrary.org>
REC'D: 12/13/04, 5:45 PM

In Ashes in the Wind, the heroine, disguised as a young boy, does travel
with a "loyal slave" while transporting the injured hero in a coffin.
They pretend that the "body" died of something contagious so no one will
stop and question them.

Robin Harwood
Carol Stream Public Library
Carol Stream, IL

Well, I don't remember the slave/coffin connectiuon, but Kathleen
Woodiwiss wrote a great Civil War romance about a girl who disguises
herself as a black(?) boy during the war. It is called Ashes in the
Wind.

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Outreach Librarian
Glendale Public Library
Glendale, Az

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