Yours for the Union is a collection of letters that takes us inside the life and mind of a Civil War soldier. John Chase's reports of his service with the Army of the Potomac; reveal what the war was really like for the men who fought it. Chase was a 36 year-old cabinetmaker from Roxbury; a widower with four young children when he enlisted as a private in the First Massachusetts Light Artillery. These well written letters portray a man who is trying to provide for his children; maintain his finances; obtain food and clothing to supplement his meager rations; all while marching in the mud and fighting a war. While he was a patriotic Northerner; his occasionally crude language reflects his strong opinion of abolitionists; and especially; of abolitionist politicians.
#1167917 in Books Ruth Behar 2014-08-06Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.70 x .70 x 5.30l; .0 #File Name: 0822357208248 pagesTraveling Heavy A Memoir in Between Journeys
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Deeply felt search for Cuban rootsBy aura starA personal emotional quest.Very easy to read; the work flows like the mind wanders.Engaging book easy to read;0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. wonderfulBy A BoyleWeaving personal history and anthropology together; Ruth Behar captures the essence of cubanismo. It was a pleasure to read this book.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Enlightened by Traveling HeavyBy D.BeyerBehar left Cuba at the age of four and a half and grew to be an "una nina vieja " (old little girl) academic; an anthropologist specializing in homesickness. Her book is a memoir that attempts to reconcile the ghosts of a commandeered past with frequent travels to worlds that spoke to her Jewish roots and Spanish tongue. I enjoyed the black-and-white photographs that graced the beginning of each new chapter; of the author as a young girl; her family members; and other people of a shared past. As I explore summer travel destinations; Behar has me considering Cuba; raising my curiosity to witness a place absent of the seemingly ubiquitous Pizza Huts and Kentucky Fried Chicken!
