The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell (Paperback) by William Klaber

from beckyhaase

THE REBELLION OF MISS LUCY ANN LOBDELL by William Klaber This was such an interesting story and yet so sad. Lucy Ann, who lived most of her life as a man, was a remarkable person. Abandoned by a beater husband and left with a small daughter to care for. She returned "home" to an unforgiving famil...

from muddyboy

A novelized version of the real life of a fascinating and fearless woman of the mid 1800's. She has a child to a man she doesn't care for and even though she loves the little girl she leaves her with her family and moves West taking on the identity of a man. The story revolves around her relation...

from marysneedle

I really loved the small details that you don't usually get from a historical novel. It was really interesting and enjoyable.

from LisCarey

This is a fictionalized biography of a quite remarkable but little-known 19th-century figure, Lucy Ann Lobdell, a woman who lived most of her adult life as a man.Born in 1829 in upstate New York, Lucy learned from her father to hunt and to play the violin, both unusual activities for a female at ...

from MaureenCean

Sigh. Not a full 3, maybe 2.75. I had to go back and re-read the end and the supplementals last night because I thought my unsettled feeling may have been a result of the wine I was drinking. It wasn't. After the time in the first part of the book where she had her dancing school, followed by the...