My Last Skirt The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier

Name: My Last Skirt The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier
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ISBN: 9780618574902

ISBN-10: 0618574905

ISBN-13: 9780618574902

Edition: 2006

Authors: Lynda Durrant

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Jennie Hodgers dressed as a boy for the first time in order to help support her impoverished Irish family with a shepherd"s wages. Then her arrival in America confirmed her belief that the world offers better opportunities to young men than to young women. So Jennie maintained her outward identity as Albert Cashier, serving as a grocery clerk in Queens, New York; as a farmhand in Ohio; and as a recruit in the 95th Illinois Infantry during the Civil War. Not only did she survive three years in combat with her true identity undiscovered, she chose to continue living as Albert for nearly all of her life. Combining careful research with vivid insight, Lynda Durrant portrays Albert Cashier as…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 2/13/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 1.430

Lynda Durrant is the author of five well-received historical novels for Clarion, several of which have been named to state children's choice awards lists. She lives in Bath, Ohio, with her family and a horse named Irish.