Gunner Wore Petticoats

Abandoned by her father, orphaned by her mother, left behind with strangers ... One woman puts aside her dresses and her womanly chores and answers the call to arms. In a bid to reunite with her brothers fighting for the Union somewhere down South, this determined young woman disguises her gender and discovers alongside her fellow soldiers a camaraderie and sense of purpose she has never known. Until the day she rescues a wounded Southern soldier, who turns upside down everything she thought she knew about war and loyalty ...


S.J. Schinleber is a full-time teacher and writer living in the Chicago area. Born in England, she is a lover of history, whose work includes, most recently, the story of a suburban Chicago fire department, focusing on the lives and experiences of the men who fight fire and rescue those in need. She is working on a second novel about the Civil War.

Abandonata de tatal ei, orfana de mama, lasata in urma cu straini ... O femeie isi lasa deoparte rochiile si treburile ei feminine si raspunde chemarii la arme.