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- "Civil War Widows"
- Summary: Alberta Martin and Daisy Anderson are the last living Civil War Widows.
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Review of Civil War Widows
Transom Editors
Posted on February 03, 2004 at 07:48 PM
What a subject ! I'm listening to this late and it's a perfect bedtime story. While neither widow has much to say about the civil war, it doesn't matter an iota. Their stories are SO captivating and eloquently revealed. Richman is an unobtrusive narrator: he lets both stories waltz to their own music til the end, when he reappears with the insider's quirky coda.
This is great for Black history month, valentine's day, and for no good reason other than a good story, like bedtime.
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