prisoners and prisons

In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.

"Soldier, sailor, prisoner of war, and spy, Israel Potter's lively career leads to encounters with historic figures such as Ben Franklin, John Paul Jones, and George III. Based on the memoirs of a Revolutionary War veteran, this novel was acclaimed by The Village Voice as "hilarious, tender, expressive." This edition also includes Potter's autobiography, The Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter."--Provided by publisher.

In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City by the British army, young Sophia resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.

Tells the story of Andersonville, a Civil War prison camp in Georgia where thousands of Union prisoners died in the last fourteen months of the war, drawing from a variety of documents to consider whether the prison's commandant, Captain Henry Wirz, was justifiably convicted and hanged.

Provides a detailed account of the 1865 sinking of the steamboat Sultana on the Mississippi River, a preventable disaster that was fueled by greed and haste, and which left more than 1,500 dead.

Chronicles the friendship of Pink, a fifteen-year-old African-American Union soldier, and Say, his poor white comrade, as one nurses the other back to health from a battle wound and the two of them are imprisoned at Andersonville.

Chronicles the experiences of several Union soldiers survived battles, prison camp, and the sinking of "Sultana," the overcrowded steamboat that exploded on the Mississippi River while carrying them home.

Looks at the disaster of the sinking of the "Sultana," a steamboat that sunk after its boilers exploded while transporting Confederate prisoners of war home in 1865, claiming the lives of more than 1,500 soldiers.