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Civil War America
Voices from the Home Front
James Marten
$28.00
ISBN: 9780823227945
Book (Paperback)
Fordham University Press
7 x 10
360 pages
57 black and white illustrations
October 2007
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“Engagingly retells the wartime stories of civilians dealing with the traumatic changes set
in motion by the conflict.”—Library Journal
“A useful book that combines competent research with the distinct advantage of having
a variety of home front experiences and attitudes presented in a single volume.”
—School Library Journal
“Well-written, interesting case studies that focus on the lives of individuals North and
South . . . to illustrate how the war seeped into all aspects of American life . . . a fine
survey”—Paul A. Cimbala, Journal of Military History The author of an acclaimed account of the lives of children in the Civil War, Marten here provides
a more comprehensive introduction to the civilian history of the Civil War. Concise, vividly written
chapters describe the home front through the lives of individuals and the histories of events and
institutions in the North and South. The stories are organized around five broad themes: the
Northern home front, the Southern home front, children, African Americans, and the war’s
aftermath. The case studies feature voices of the famous, like Edmund Riffin and Booker T.
Washington, but more often they offer the testimony of ordinary men, women, and children.
A superb blend of traditional narrative, case studies, and individual stories, Civil War America is a
valuable resource for students and their teachers seeking to understand the many ways in which
the Civil War was truly a people’s war.
| JAMES MARTEN is Professor and Chair of the History Department at Marquette University.
Among his books are The Children’s Civil War, Children and War: A Historical Anthology, and
Children in Colonial America. |
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