JOURNAL OF JAMES EDMOND PEASE : A CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIER (MY
NAME IS AMERICA York : Scholastic, 1998. Edmond Pease is a
sixteen year old orphan who finds himself in the Union Army
during the Civil War. He is chosen to keep the troop journal --
a chore is does not want to have. He believes that being the
troop reporter is a cursed position. Anyone who has had the job
has been killed. We follow the daily routines of the troop
through the diary of young Mr. Pease. We learn of the food, the
poor living conditions and the horrors of war. This journal is
written in a realistic style complete with misspellings and
jargon of the day. If you enjoy reading historical fiction
diaries, you'll enjoy THE JOURNAL OF JAMES EDMOND PEASE. United
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