When Will This Cruel War Be Over? (Dear America Series) (edition 2002)

Series: Dear America - Publication Order (3), Dear America Re-issue - Publication Order (8), Dear America (Civil War/Slavery: Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864), Dear America Collections (Dear America: Civil War/Slavery, 1864), My Story

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The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.

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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 by Barry Denenberg

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BooksbyStarlight | Oct 25, 2022 |

The Civil War diary of Emma Simpson of Gordonsville, VA in 1864. Fiction.

BLTSbraille | Sep 29, 2021 |

It was like reading a diary. Sometimes it was interesting, but most of the time it was rather mundane. And it took me quite awhile to get through it. (

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Dear America (Civil War/Slavery: Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864)

Dear America - Publication Order (3)

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4 Dear America Books: A Line in the Sand / My Heart Is on the Ground / When Will This Cruel War Be Over? / The Winter of Red Snow (Dear America) by Sherry Garland

Dear America: The Nation at War: The Civil War Collection by Beth Levine

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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

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When Will This Cruel War Be Over?: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864

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Emma Simpson

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Gordonsville, Virginia, USA

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American Civil War (1861-1865)

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1864

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For my own lovely Emma

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Brother Cole returned home today.

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The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.

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