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Gunpowder Girls

The True Stories of Three Civil War Tragedies

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Gunpowder Girls

By: Tanya Anderson
Narrated by: Carrie Olsen
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With thousands of men off fighting in the Civil War, the government hired women and girls - some as young as 10 - to make millions of rounds of ammunition. Poor immigrant girls and widows paid the price for carelessness at three major arsenals. Many of these workers were killed, blown up and burned beyond recognition.

As Steve Sheinkin did with The Port Chicago 50, Tanya Anderson in Gunpowder Girls tells an amazing war story that finally gives its subjects their due. Hidden history comes alive through primary-source research and engaging narrative.

Gunpowder Girls is a story of child labor and immigrant hopes and the cruel, endless demands of an all-consuming war.

©2016 Tanya Anderson (P)2016 Tanya Anderson Military United States War Civil War Young Adult

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