Reminiscences of My Life in Camp - An African American Woman's Civil War Memoir

Informationen zum Autor SUSIE KING TAYLOR (1848-1912) was the only African American woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences and the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia. Klappentext The only Civil War memoir by an African American woman. Zusammenfassung This work is the sole Civil War memoir penned by an African American woman. A former slave, Taylor was a nurse, camp cook, laudress, and teacher who traveled with the Union army. After the war, Taylor dedicated herself to improving the lives of black Southerners and black Union Army veterans.

Product details

• Authors: Susie King Taylor, Susie King/ Clinton Taylor
• Assisted by: Catherine Clinton (Illustration)
• Publisher: The University of Georgia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2006
• EAN: 9780820326665
• ISBN: 978-0-8203-2666-5
• No. of pages: 76
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 171 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; zweite Hälfte 19. Jahrhundert (1850 bis 1899 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage, Biography / Autobiography, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)