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James Marten points out the recurring themes of bravery, patriotism, orphans, the home front, and sacrifice found in these magazines that helped explain the Civil War to a generation of children. * Zentralblatt für Geologie und Paläontologie * This well-organized collection of letters, essays, stories, poems, and reports from children's magazines adds greatly to our understanding of how American children experienced the Civil War. -- N. Ray Hiner, University of Kansas James Marten's Lessons of War teaches us that many significant topics of Civil War Studies remain relatively unexplored. His heroic rescue of these lost resources—the voices of children from wartime magazines—combined with his vivid and authoritative analysis opens up a wonderful new window on this promising and important area ripe for scholarly research. Lessons of War is an essential tool to begin this exciting new work on the social history of the Civil War. -- Catherine Clinton, author of Tara Revisited Lessons of War is a must read for anyone with even the slightest inclination to understand and appreciate our history... James Marten has honored us with unique research that brings, to one volume, the special, necessary attention given to children by writers and publishers during the years of the war. * Civil War Book Review *

James Marten points out the recurring themes of bravery, patriotism, orphans, the home front, and sacrifice found in these magazines that helped explain the Civil War to a generation of children. College & Research Libraries News This well-organized collection of letters, essays, stories, poems, and reports from children's magazines adds greatly to our understanding of how American children experienced the Civil War. -- N. Ray Hiner, University of Kansas James Marten's Lessons of War teaches us that many significant topics of Civil War Studies remain relatively unexplored. His heroic rescue of these lost resources--the voices of children from wartime magazines--combined with his vivid and authoritative analysis opens up a wonderful new window on this promising and important area ripe for scholarly research. Lessons of War is an essential tool to begin this exciting new work on the social history of the Civil War. -- Cathering Clinton, author of Tara Revisited Lessons of War is a must read for anyone with even the slightest inclination to understand and appreciate our history... James Marten has honored us with unique research that brings, to one volume, the special, necessary attention given to children by writers and publishers during the years of the war. Civil War Book Review

This well-organized collection of letters, essays, stories, poems, and reports from children's magazines adds greatly to our understanding of how American children experienced the Civil War.--N. Ray Hiner

James Marten points out the recurring themes of bravery, patriotism, orphans, the home front, and sacrifice found in these magazines that helped explain the Civil War to a generation of children. College & Research Libraries News This well-organized collection of letters, essays, stories, poems, and reports from children's magazines adds greatly to our understanding of how American children experienced the Civil War. -- N. Ray Hiner, University of Kansas James Marten's Lessons of War teaches us that many significant topics of Civil War Studies remain relatively unexplored. His heroic rescue of these lost resources-the voices of children from wartime magazines-combined with his vivid and authoritative analysis opens up a wonderful new window on this promising and important area ripe for scholarly research. Lessons of War is an essential tool to begin this exciting new work on the social history of the Civil War. -- Cathering Clinton, author of Tara Revisited Lessons of War is a must read for anyone with even the slightest inclination to understand and appreciate our history... James Marten has honored us with unique research that brings, to one volume, the special, necessary attention given to children by writers and publishers during the years of the war. Civil War Book Review

James Marten points out the recurring themes of bravery, patriotism, orphans, the home front, and sacrifice found in these magazines that helped explain the Civil War to a generation of children. College and Research Libraries News This well-organized collection of letters, essays, stories, poems, and reports from children's magazines adds greatly to our understanding of how American children experienced the Civil War. -- N. Ray Hiner James Marten's Lessons of War teaches us that many significant topics of Civil War Studies remain relatively unexplored. His heroic rescue of these lost resources--the voices of children from wartime magazines--combined with his vivid and authoritative analysis opens up a wonderful new window on this promising and important area ripe for scholarly research. Lessons of War is an essential tool to begin this exciting new work on the social history of the Civil War. -- Cathering Clinton Lessons of War is a must read for anyone with even the slightest inclination to understand and appreciate our history... James Marten has honored us with unique research that brings, to one volume, the special, necessary attention given to children by writers and publishers during the years of the war. Civil War Book Review

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James Marten is associate professor of history at Marquette University.

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