Odd Bits
A Lagniappe: A chance to win a copy of Heroines of Mercy Street
For those of you who don’t know, I’m a regular contributor at Wonders & Marvels, a group history blog where you can find some of the most interesting writers of things historical on the internet.* The blog’s subtitle says it all, “A Community for curious minds who love history, its odd stories and good reads.”…
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Clara Barton, Act II: Finding the Missing
[WARNING: For the next few weeks, it’s going to be all Civil War all the time here at the Margins as we lead up to February 16, when Little Brown releases Heroines of Mercy Street into the world. I’ll try to keep the My Book! My Book! to a minimum and focus on the stories…
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Clara Barton: Nursing Outside the Box
[WARNING: For the next few weeks, it’s going to be all Civil War all the time here at the Margins as we lead up to February 16, when Little Brown releases Heroines of Mercy Street into the world. I’ll try to keep the My Book! My Book! to a minimum and focus on the stories…
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