Mollie Brumley's Civil War by Theodore Catton - 9780806196503

University of Oklahoma Press

Mollie Brumley's Civil WarSurviving the Guerrilla War in Arkansas\nAuthor(s): Theodore Catton\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press, United States\nImprint: University of Oklahoma Press\nISBN-13: 9780806196503, 978-0806196503\nSynopsis\nMollie Brumley, a thirteen-year-old orphan, was living on a farm in the mountainous Ozarks of northwest Arkansas when the Civil War broke out. In a borderland region on the northern periphery of slavery and the western edge of white settlement, her corner of Arkansas saw terrible destructionbut not primarily from fighting between opposing armies. Mollie Brumley's Civil War was one of guerilla warfare and outlawry, shifting loyalties, betrayals real and imagined, and, for some, death by starvation. In telling Mollie's story, drawing largely upon her 1901 autobiography, Theodore Catton offers a rare intimate look at the heroism and desperation of war conducted on the home frontall amidst the anything-but-ordinary romantic adventures.