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Fourteen-year-old, Emma Simpson lives in Gordonsville, Virginia with her mother in the middle of the Civil War. Mrs. Simpson handles the management of the household and instructing their slaves, Iris, Amos, and Nelson. Meanwhile, Emma's father Robert and elder brother Cole, soldiers in the Confederate States Army, fight against the Union Army. Near...
The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865. After Abraham Lincoln was elected president, eleven southern states seceded from the Union to form the Confederate States of America. The point of contention was slavery, which the south relied on economically while northern abolitionists opposed it. In 1861, the war began with the goal for t...
Main article: List of When Will This Cruel War Be Over? charactersEmma Simpson is a fourteen-year-old girl living in the South during the Civil War. She has conflicting feelings about the war, despite her father being a Confederate officer.Caroline Colsten, Emma's loving aunt, who comes to live at the Simpsons' home. Her husband died a year previously at the Battle of Gettysburg.Rachel Colstenis Caroline's daughter and Emma's older cousin. After her father's death, Rachel becomes sullen and ill-tempered.The portrait on the cover of the first edition is a detail from the 1868 painting Mary Cadwalader Rawle by William Oliver Stone. The background is a detail from the 19th century engraving A Planter...The portrait on 2011 reprint was illustrated by Tim O'Brien. The background is a detail of the 1864 engraving Grant's Great Campaign - Stevens's Battery at Cold Harbor.In Denenberg's Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, the characters prepare to perform a play of When Will This Cruel War Be Over?. Bess Brennanis cast as Rachel whom she prefers playing over Emma.When Will This Cruel War Be Over? at Scholastic(archive)Interview with Barry Denenberg about When Will This Cruel War Be Over? at Scholastic(archive)When Will This Cruel War Be Over? Discussion Guide at Scholastic(archive)When Will This Cruel War Be Over?at Teaching Books- Shelve When Will This Cruel War Be Over? : The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864. Rate it
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Jan 1, 1996 · The book , “When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864” by Barry Denenberg is a diary based book about a girl named Emma Simpson and experiences during the Civil War.
The Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordsonsville, Virginia, 1864 by barry Denenberg ages 8–14 • 176 pages Trade edition: 978-0-545-27598-9 • $12.99 reinforced Library edition: 978-0-545-27944-4 • $16.99 Summary A rose garden helps remind us that nothing beautiful in life comes without thorns. The Simpson family had lived a peaceful life in the
Oct 11, 2011 · A line drawing of the Internet Archive headquarters building façade. ... the Civil War diary of Emma Simpson by Denenberg, Barry. Publication date 1996 Topics Diaries
Denenberg, Barry. When will this cruel war be over? : the Civil War diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 / by Barry Denenberg. p. cm. — (Dear America; 1) Summary: The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the ...
Sep 1, 1996 · The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (Dear America Series) Hardcover – September 1, 1996. A Confederate girl in Gordonsville, Virginia, in 1864, Emma Simpson writes about the hardships of growing up during a turbulent time, as the Civil War tears her family and her nation apart.
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