Mother: The Life of Mary Bickerdyke

by Bonnie Davies, Phillip Farnell (Illustrator)

Overview

Everyone knows the battles of the Civil War, with their generals and their soldiers. But few people living today know the story of Mary "Mother" Bickerdyke, a hero in her time.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781039189713
Publisher:	FriesenPress
Publication date:	02/12/2024
Pages:	258
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.58(d)

About the Author

Bonnie Davies is a retired history teacher and guidance counsellor. She has had short stories published in Prism, and the anthologies Light of Awareness (2005) and Glimpses (2009). Bonnie is an enthusiastic historian; she has visited important sites across the country, including Gettysburg, Franklin, Arlington Cemetery, and many famous battlefields. To research Mother, she also made trips to the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, the American Civil War Museum, the Tredegar Museum, New Market Battlefield Military Museum, and the Virginia Museum of the Civil War.

Bonnie is a mother to two adult children. She enjoys reading, gardening, quilting, and travelling to new places. Her community's book club, of which she is a long-time member, focuses on local history. Bonnie lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with her husband, Gary.