The Mysterious Private Thompson: The Double Life of Sarah Emma Edmonds, Civil War Soldier

Traces the life of the Civil War woman soldier who lived as a man throughout her teen years and hid the truth about her gender in order to enlist, investigating myths surrounding her tour of duty, her post-war marriage, and her efforts to fight for her pension and reunite with former comrades who did not know she was a woman. By the author of Class Action. 30,000 first printing.