| Famous Women of the Civil War Coloring Book Contributor(s): Copeland, Peter F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486407993 ISBN-13: 9780486407999 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $4.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 1999 Annotation: Thirty carefully rendered illustrations depict women from the North and South in a variety of settings, with informative captions. Includes Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy; Dorothea Dix, Union Superintendent of Nurses; Harriet Tubman, African-American abolitionist; Varine Howell Davis, wife of the Confederate President; and Mary Walker, doctor and Union spy. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Activity Books - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Women - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
| Dewey: NA |
| Series: Dover History Coloring Book |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 8.28" W x 10.95" (0.31 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Concealing her gender from her comrades in arms, Frances Clalin served in the Union army as a horse soldier in the Missouri cavalry. Clara Barton delivered medical supplies to the battlefields and was later instrumental in founding the American Red Cross. Kady Brownell, a soldier's daughter, followed her husband to war in 1861 and became a vivandi re (caregiver) and color bearer for the First Rhode Island regiment. Thirty carefully rendered illustrations depict these and 27 other remarkable women from the North and South in settings that range from the battlefield to the White House. Informative captions highlight the roles and accomplishments of: Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin; Mary Edwards Walker, surgeon and Union spy; Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of the President; Jennie Hodgers, alias Albert Cashier, Union soldier; Mary Boykin Chesnut, Confederate diarist; Belle Boyd, Confederate spy; Dorothea Dix, Union Superintendent of Nurses; Pauline Cushman, actress and Union spy; Louisa May Alcott, nurse and author of Little Woman; Varina Howell Davis, wife of the Confederate President; and 20 others. Entertaining and educational, this informative coloring book, with its ready-to-color pictures, is an ideal learning aid for home or classroom use. |