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Elizabeth's War
by D.L. Rogers

Publication Date: June 1st 2013

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Genre: Historical Fiction

Read the complete first chapter here.

The Book Junkie Reads . . . Review of . . . ELIZABETH'S WAR . . . There was much hardship and upheaval during the United States Civil War. There were punishments handed out to the families of the soldiers. These families had no say in what, when, or where their lives direction would take them. Many were lost in the shuffle of war. This was the painful journey of a mother, her children, and the women from her area. Things were not easy. Life was not guaranteed at the end of this long journey, but they pushed forward.

When war takes place the ones left behind get hit hard. Rogers' did a good job with the descriptions of characters, places, and events. She makes you feel like you are present. You feel the sorrow, pain, despair, hopelessness of these people as the journey to make it to safety.

This was an emotional read. Getting past the first chapter or so was a bit slow but then you were drawn in to the world of Elizabeth and her fellow travelers. You were immersed in the dangers of it all and the triumphs when they came. This was not a happy drink of tea and eat cakes moment but it did make you think, feel, sympathize.

BLURB
In a time when raiders, bushwhackers, and Redlegs rode the Cass County, Missouri, countryside bringing fear and destruction with them, Elizabeth Miers and her family barely survived into the next day.

When the enemy, in the form of Elizabeth’s neighbors, comes a-calling more than once with mischief on their minds, Elizabeth fights back to keep her children safe against men she once called friends.

On August 25, 1863, following the issuance of General Order No. 11 by Union General Thomas Ewing, thousands of women, children, and the elderly were forced to vacate their homes in the brutal summer heat within fifteen days. With determination and a plan, Elizabeth sets out on a sixty-mile trek toward St. Clair County. Carrying enough prepared food and water on a rickety built sled to reach her aunt and uncle’s farm, she prays her kin are there to welcome them, not knowing whether they lived through the burning of Osceola two years prior—or not.

Facing more than just the lack of food and shelter and the unbearable heat, they’re set upon by raiders and foraging soldiers who try to take more than just their meager provisions. Much more. Left with little after their supplies are stolen and their property destroyed, Elizabeth and her fellow travelers continue south, facing more indignities before their journey is done.

Through Elizabeth and the thousands of other refugees that traveled ahead of and behind her, feel what they felt in the wake of General Order No. 11, an order that took everything and left them destitute and afraid they wouldn’t live to see one more day.

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Author Info
Although born in New Jersey of parents from New Jersey and Tennessee, it was just a matter of time before Diane's "southern" blood revealed itself. And reveal itself it did, in a passion for all things western and related to the Civil War. Having learned a great deal in her research since her historical journey began, especially in the midwest, Diane has attempted to portray both the west and the war from numerous points-of-view, which is not always the same history as what has been previously portrayed--or taught. As a kid, Diane played Cowboys and Indians more than she did Barbie, and as she got older, she and her cousin (whose parents were reversed) gave themselves the moniker of "Yebels." The question of what it would have been like during the Civil War years, when friends and family fought on opposite sides of the war, festered inside Diane until she answered her own question in the form of the novels she writes of the west and Civil War, where everyday people, regardless of what "side" they were on, when faced with difficult situations, rose to the challenge, and survived. Now living south of Kansas City, Missouri, on fourteen acres of property, when Diane's not writing or marketing, she enjoys sitting on her front porch, reading when she can or just watching her horses in the pasture and multitude of cats in the yard. When she does venture into town, it's to work at a lawfirm on the Plaza, or visit her two children and five grandchildren.

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