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That Dickinson girl, a novel of the Civil War, Joan Koster

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That Dickinson girl, a novel of the Civil War, Joan Koster

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eng

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fiction

Main title

That Dickinson girl

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Joan Koster

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Forgotten Women ;

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a novel of the Civil War

Summary

She is going to be the greatest orator of the Civil War. Eighteen-year-old abolitionist Anna Dickinson is nothing like the women around her, and she knows it. Gifted with a powerful voice, a razor-sharp wit, and unbounded energy, the diminutive curlyhead sets out to surpass the men of her day as she speaks out against injustice. Only two things can bring her downfall--the entangling love she has for her devoted companion, Julia, and an assassin's bullet. Former mill girl, Julia Pennington fights her growing attraction to the fiery orator while protecting her from the onslaught of the press. When a vengeful reporter sets out to assassinate Anna, Julia must risk her life to save the woman she loves. Loosely based on the life of forgotten orator, feminist, and lesbian, Anna Dickinson, this is the story of one woman's rise to fame and fortune at the expense of love during the political and social turmoil of the American Civil War

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