Bibliograph

Gunpowder girls, the true stories of three Civil War tragedies, Tanya Anderson

Type

Label

Gunpowder girls, the true stories of three Civil War tragedies, Tanya Anderson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 14 and up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Gunpowder girls

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951811667

Responsibility statement

Tanya Anderson

Sub title

the true stories of three Civil War tragedies

Summary

Never before told accounts of Civil War arsenal explosions and the girls and young women who were the victims

Table Of Contents

Catastrophe at the Allegheny arsenal Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania-September 17, 1862 : All in a day's work at the arsenal; The bloodiest day of the war; What went wrong: the investigation -- A horrible accident at the Confederate States laboratory Richmond, Virginia-March 13, 1863 : A Friday the thirteenth; The investigation & outpouring of support -- Stars and fire at the Washington arsenal Washington, D.C.-June 17, 1864 :Government girls in the nation's capital; A capital disaster; An immediate investigation; Of death and decorum

Target audience

adolescent

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