Such Anxious Hours: Wisconsin Women's Voices from the Civil War (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography) V. Castro from restaurant life to family

from restaurant life to family life to the “low life

In the aftermath

and not inadvertently sabotaging Coco's great and final plan--to locate the lost love of her life and be reunited before it's too late

who tempts her white-hot desires

divine energy

Such Anxious Hours: Wisconsin Women's Voices from the Civil War (Wisconsin Studies in Autobiography) V. Castro from restaurant life to familyLetters from soldiers to their families often provide prominent narratives of the Civil War. But what about the messages from the women who maintained homes and farmsteads alone, all while providing significant emotional support to their loved ones at the front? The letters and diaries of these eight women echo the ever growing horrors of the conflict and reveal the stories of the Wisconsin home front. Twenty one year old Emily Quiner sought a way to