- Joined
- Feb 20, 2005
- Location
- South of the North 40
I was lucky enough to receive an early copy of this fine work and am quite pleased. I have been a student of the American Civil War and history in general for nearly forty years and can say that only rarely have I found a work so engaging. Scholarly works are rarely so engaging and often dry enough to set on a bookshelf or worse be forgotten. Professor Harriel has created a book that I expect to reference more than a few times in the future.
Most importantly she has helped to keep these women from being merely a footnote in history; she has kept their memory and their stories alive.
This work contains a well set series of notes with a bibliography and index that makes further research easy to do. I look at this book not only as a scholarly reference but as a guide on how to present research in an easily read and referenced volume.
I found the conclusion excellent and rather telling: "War was the domain of men. Yet, women, too were behind the rifle. They, too, made the ultimate sacrifice for their respective causes and lie beneath headstones marked as unknowns. Consequently, the stories of these women warriors deserve to be told so that we may honor them..."
Bravo and well done.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1496822013/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
Most importantly she has helped to keep these women from being merely a footnote in history; she has kept their memory and their stories alive.
This work contains a well set series of notes with a bibliography and index that makes further research easy to do. I look at this book not only as a scholarly reference but as a guide on how to present research in an easily read and referenced volume.
I found the conclusion excellent and rather telling: "War was the domain of men. Yet, women, too were behind the rifle. They, too, made the ultimate sacrifice for their respective causes and lie beneath headstones marked as unknowns. Consequently, the stories of these women warriors deserve to be told so that we may honor them..."
Bravo and well done.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1496822013/?tag=civilwartalkc-20