I HAVE CREATED A BOOK ABOUT BEARDS

While I was writing Courageous Women of the Civil War, I kept running across all these Civil War generals that had the damndest facial hair you ever saw. I mean it wasn’t like the 2014 Royals where everybody suddenly sprouted beards and actually starting winning games. I mean ginormous beards, …

A good review in Kirkus for Courageous Women of the Civil War

How about that? The first review — like the first bluebird of spring. At least it was a bluebird and not a Pteranodon come to tear my head off.  The review is from Kirkus, and though I’ve heard they can be pretty harsh reviewers, my book got an even-handed treatment …

Harriet Jacobs — Author, Aid Worker, Abolitionist

A lot of folks haven’t heard of Harriet Jacobs, and that’s just wrong — they should hear about her. Born into slavery, Harriet escaped from her so-called “master” and hid in her free grandmother’s house, in a tiny space only 9 feet long, 7 feet wide, and 3 feet tall. …

A good review from Publisher’s Weekly

From the review: “Cordell provides both a general understanding of the varied roles of women at the time and how the individuals she profiles (photographs of whom appear throughout) relied on their ingenuity, bravery, and integrity to survive and even thrive during a turbulent chapter in American history.” Their description …

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