Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

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Poignant collection of five stories—based in part on the author’s experiences as a nurse during the Civil War—includes "A Night," a moving account of her encounter with a dying soldier; "My Contraband," a gripping tale of vengeance involving a Civil War nurse, her Confederate patient and his former slave; "Happy Women," a fictionalized essay about four spinsters; and two other titles.

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