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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Anderson, Tanya, author.     Subjects     Gunpowder industry -- Accidents -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.     Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.     Ammunition -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work -- Juvenile literature.     United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women -- Juvenile literature.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Anderson, Tanya, author.       by title:      Gunpowder girls : th...         MARC Display

Gunpowder girls : the true stories of three Civil War tragedies / Tanya Anderson. by Anderson, Tanya, author. Kansas City, Missouri : Quindaro Press, c2016. Subjects Gunpowder industry -- Accidents -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.   Women -- Employment -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.   Ammunition -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile literature.   United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- War work -- Juvenile literature.   United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women -- Juvenile literature. ISBN:  9780966925876 (hardcover) 0966925874 (hardcover) Description:  157 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents:  Catastrophe at the Allegheny arsenal Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania-September 17, 1862 : All in a day's work at the arsenal; The bloodiest day of the war; What went wrong: the investigation -- A horrible accident at the Confederate States laboratory Richmond, Virginia-March 13, 1863 : A Friday the thirteenth; The investigation & outpouring of support -- Stars and fire at the Washington arsenal Washington, D.C.-June 17, 1864 :Government girls in the nation's capital; A capital disaster; An immediate investigation; Of death and decorum. Requests:  0 Summary:  With thousands of men off fighting in the Civil War, the government hired women and girls--some as young as ten--to make millions of rounds of ammunition. Poor immigrant girls and widows paid the price for carelessness at three major arsenals. Many of these workers were killed, blown up and burned beyond recognition. Audience:  14 and up.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 338.47623 An Checked In Add Copy to MyList Ewa Beach P/S Library YA -- Nonfiction 338.47623 An Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library YA -- Nonfiction 338.47623 An Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 338.47623 An Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waipahu Public Library YA -- Nonfiction 338.47623 An Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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