When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864
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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

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Barry Denenberg
Barry Denenberg
1996 • 156 pages

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A Confederate girl records the hardships of Southern life as the Civil War rages at her doorstep and tears her family and her country apart.

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Dear America is a 39-book series with 39 released primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by Kathryn Lasky, Kristiana Gregory, and Barry Denenberg.

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Dear America: A Picture of Freedom
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A Line in the Sand
Early Sunday Morning: the Pearl Harbor Diary of Amber Billows, Hawaii, 1941
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