Yankees on the Doorstep The Story of Sarah Morgan

The Civil War is rarely shown through a young southern womanisperspective. Many of these women were displaced from their homes and livedtheir lives on the run from Northern shellfire. They witnessed warfirsthand without ever going to battle. Sarah Morgan was one of thosewomen. She was only 20 years old when the North took over her hometown ofBaton Rouge, Louisiana, but she wrote about her experiences in her diarieswith insight and clarity well beyond her years.In this young adult novel, Debra West Smith uses Sarah Morganisdiaries to tell this generation her story of courage and survival duringthe war that divided the nation. Sarah was forced to move from place toplace and suffered a debilitating injury during her experience, but shepersevered through it all. She faced issues that many people neverconsider when thinking about the Civil War. There was a dilemma over whatto do with her pet bird as the Yankees approached, and the decision aboutaccepting much-needed food from Yankee soldiers at the risk of beingbranded a traitor by the Southerners. Sarah Morgan poured her heart andsoul into her diaries as a way to cope with her situations, and Smith usesmany of Sarahis own words to bring this story alive for todayis youngadults.About the AuthorDebra West Smith is the author of Pelicanis Hattie Marshall andthe Hurricane as well as three other books in that series. She is alsoa member of the Society of Childrenis Book Writers Illustrators.Smith, Debra West is the author of 'Yankees on the Doorstep The Story of Sarah Morgan', published 2001 under ISBN 9781565548725 and ISBN 1565548728.