Wedded to War (Heroines Behind the Lines)
By Jocelyn Green.
Description
*2013 Christy Award Finalist (Historical Fiction and First Novel categories)It's April 1861, and the Union Army's Medical Department is a disaster, completely unprepared for the magnitude of war. A small group of New York City women, including 28-year-old Charlotte Waverly, decide to do something about it, and end up changing the course of the war, despite criticism, ridicule and social ostracism. Charlotte leaves a life of privilege, wealth-and confining expectations-to be one of the first female nurses for the Union Army. She quickly discovers that she's fighting more than ...
ISBN(s)
0802405762, 9780802405760
