My Last Skirt: The Story of Jennie Hodgers, Union Soldier - Hardcover

Durrant, Lynda

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618574905 ISBN 13: 9780618574902

Publisher: Clarion Books, 2006

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date: February. 2006 Pages: 192 Publisher: Clarion Books Jennie Hodgers dressed AS A boy for the first TIME in order to help support her impoverished Irish FAMILY with WAGES A shepherd's. 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 a soldier who served his adopted country and his comrades with loyalty and heroism. and Jennie Hodgers as a woman of a...

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About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0618574905
• ISBN 13: 9780618574902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208