A young girl named Matilda living in 1793 Philadelphia finds herself caught up in the dreaded yellow fever epidemic which has afflicted her mother and many close to her. She journeys to a neighboring farm at her mother’s bequest and encounters many others who have been affected by the plague. Matilda does her best toContinue reading “Book Review: Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson”
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Book Review: The Pilgrim Hypothesis by Timothy Ballard
Not too often do I find a nonfictional history account that checks almost all the boxes that I find intriguing in a history book, namely: theories, first-hand accounts, personal stories of the present along with stories of the past, and accounts that tie into Christian history (a subject I enjoy studying as well). However, thisContinue reading “Book Review: The Pilgrim Hypothesis by Timothy Ballard”
Book Review: Women of the Blue and Gray: True Civil War Stories of Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, and Spies by Marianne Monson
Summary This novel is a collection of accounts of the women of the American Civil War, many of whom are not well-known. We follow women of both the North and the South who made sacrifices for what they felt was for the good of their country. These are the women who enlisted themselves as disguisedContinue reading “Book Review: Women of the Blue and Gray: True Civil War Stories of Mothers, Medics, Soldiers, and Spies by Marianne Monson”
