The Bulloch women of Roswell; Georgia; were not typical antebellum Southern belles. Most were well educated world travelers skilled at navigating social circles far outside the insular aristocracy of the rural South. Their lives were filled with intrigue; espionage; scandal; adversity and perseverance. During the Civil War they eluded Union spies on land and blockaders at sea and afterwards they influenced the national debate on equal rights for women. The impact of their Southern ideals increased exponentially when they integrated into the Roosevelt family of New York. Drawing on primary sources; this book provides new insight into the private lives of the women closely linked with the Bulloch family. They include four first ladies; a Confederate spy; the mother of President Teddy Roosevelt and a number of his closest confidants. Nancy Jackson; the family's nursemaid slave; is among the less well known but equally fascinating Bulloch women.
#2670013 in Books McFarland 2013-05-14Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.90 x .70 x 5.90l; .70 #File Name: 0786473576264 pages
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. family reviewBy hmooreFull disclosure. This is my Dad's book. When Dad landed after each mission; he entered notes in a personal journal. The fresh memories committed to paper; showed two things that impress me 70 years later. First; they were all scarred and wanted to go home more than anything. Second; at the same time they were very concerned about doing a good job while they were there. For them; doing a good job meant hitting their target. They often risked their first concern (gettting home) in order to do their job well. They would go back over a hot target if they were unable to drop on the first pass. If you only read half of this book; read the second half - the Mission Logs. This book is likely one of the last first hand narratives that will be written on this conflict. I'm proud of my 97 year old Dad; for living the life he has and for committing this part of it to paper.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. The Real Deal in the Air over EuropeBy UserThis book answered some of my questions about the B-26. Where did the crew sit? Answer they moved around a lot. The navigator; radio-gunner and bombardier would be in the crew positions behind the flight deck (where the pilot and co-pilot worked) and in front of the forward bomb bay at take-off and landing. But the radio-gunner would go back to the waist guns when under aerial attack. The bombardier and the navigator would squeeze in front of the co-pilot to crawl under the instrument panel to get to the nose during the approach to the target. They would kneel next to each other pouring over their maps in a space only 30 inches wide. I'm still not sure if the co-pilot had rudder pedals; none are shown in some illustrations I have seen which do show the pilot's rudder pedals. Could entry be made though the nose wheel well? I have seen a B-26 training film on YouTube that shows a crew chief entering that way; but author Moore doesn't mention it. I have seen what the author calls the waist gun position also described as the tunnel gun position. The illustration I have seen which describes tunnel guns shows them pointing down out of the bottom left and right of the fuselage aft of the dorsal turret instead of out of the sides as in a B-17. But the author gave me the best look yet at what it was really like to go to war in the B-26.
