Amazing Women of the Civil War: Fascinating True Stories of Women Who Made a Difference [Paperback]

Webb Garrison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 1999

Fascinating true stories of some of the most interesting and influential personalities of the Civil War. Their heroic deeds and selfless acts ranged from caring for the wounded to fighting on the battlefields. Included are Harriet Tubman, Belle Boyd, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, and many others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1558537910
• ISBN-13: 978-1558537910
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #617,525 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Webb Garrison, formerly associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College, wrote more than 55 books, including Civil War Curiosities and Civil War Trivia and Fact Book. Before his death in 2000, Garrison lived in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Disappointing Read, November 24, 2002

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Kim Comstock (Emporia, KS United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amazing Women of the Civil War: Fascinating True Stories of Women Who Made a Difference (Paperback)

I am a graduate student in American History with a focus on women and their roles in the Civil War. As such I was pleased to find Garrison's Amazing Women. However, once I started reading the book I was extremely disappointed. One of the first things I noticed was the lack of citations and a bibliography. Garrison neglects to credit anyone with the information he gathered for this particular work except to say that you can find alot of information on the internet. And while I understand Garrison's intended audience to be the general public where footnotes are found to be annoying, a bibliography would surely be helpful to anyone interested in learning more about these women. Furthermore, Garrison displays an attitude throughout the work that some of the acts and actions credited to women must surely be exaggerated. What I found to be particularly annoying with the work was the attention given to the men that were spouses to the women chosen for the work. If the book is about women, write about the women. To make matters worse, Garrison also includes among his Amazing Women a man that cross-dresses. This information is irrelevant to the subject. The only positive thing I can say about Amazing Women is that Garrison provides a nice list of women who played important and diverse roles during the war. So, if you are looking for research, this book is a huge disappointment. But if you are looking for a quick read where all the information is assumed to be correct, without providing any proof then this is your book. However, if you are truly interested in learning about women's roles in the Civil War I would suggest Mary Elizabeth Massey's Women in the Civil War (University of Nebraska Press, 1966) or Elizabeth D. Leonard's All the Daring of the Soldier (Penguin Books, 1999).

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening, April 2, 2000

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Hollie Mitchell - See all my reviews

This review is from: Amazing Women of the Civil War: Fascinating True Stories of Women Who Made a Difference (Paperback)

This book did an excellent job on describing the roles in which women took part in during the Civil War. Webb Garrison did an excellent job choosing women to write about. Both Southern and Northern women were talked about, showing readers that these women were not as different as they had thought they were.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Horrible, April 17, 2003

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Amazing Women of the Civil War: Fascinating True Stories of Women Who Made a Difference (Paperback)

This book gave too many unwanted details and needed to cover the women in general. I do like interesting facts every once in while, but these facts weren't even interesting. It was also poorly written. I would not recommend this book to anyone!