A Call to Arms: The Civil War Adventures of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Alias Private Frank Thompson

from beckiestoneking

"Call to Arms" by PG Nagle is a historical novel about Emma, a woman who to avoid the oppression of being born female in the 19th century, dresses as a man. In doing so, she is able to choose a profession, get an education, decide who and if she will marry, and be her own person. However, with th...

from graffitimom

This book is loosely based on the purported experiences of Emma Edmonds, who disguised herself as a man name Franklin Thompson and fought in the Civil War. Emma, a Canadian, fled her home when her father tried to marry her to an elderly neighbor. She sold books, especially Bibles, as Frank Thomps...

from JudiRobben

Historical fiction is one of my favorite reads. This book is set during the civil war and tells the story of a woman Sarah Edmonds who takes on the identity of a man and calls herself Frank. During her service in the war she works as a nurse, messenger and spy. I enjoyed the story but had trouble...

from Books4Nana

A Call to Arms: The Civil War Adventures of Sarah Emma Edmonds, alias by P.G. Nagle P.G. Nagle tackles a tough assignment in writing a fictional account of Sarah Emma Edward's life during the years she disguised herself as a man and served in the army. The work needed to be entertaining while ret...

from wearylibrarian

I found this book to be fascinating! I would put the book down only to come back to it a few minutes later. The author pulled me into this book at once. I feel as if I knew Frank Thompson personally. While the author speaks of the horrors of Civil War battles and the hospitals where the wounded w...