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A review by heidirgorecki
The Thread Collectors by Shaunna J. Edwards, Alyson Richman
4.0
The books adds a new take for me from other Civil War stories, looking at black enlisted men in the Union Army, Jewish soldiers and anti-semitism that existed even then, and how lighter skinned black women were held as mistresses in their own houses in the south.
I enjoyed reading about the map-maker Stella became, putting her skills and gifts from her slave owner to help fellow slaves escape. I was wondering whether the authors were going to say that was based on a true story but that was never alluded to specifically.
Civil war era books are so difficult to get thru for the brutality and violence against black slaves and while this still contained that outlook, I appreciated a different perspective of the majority being from a soldier’s point of view, and the friendship Jacob and Willie had. It made it just a little less heavy of a subject for me with that.
I enjoyed reading about the map-maker Stella became, putting her skills and gifts from her slave owner to help fellow slaves escape. I was wondering whether the authors were going to say that was based on a true story but that was never alluded to specifically.
Civil war era books are so difficult to get thru for the brutality and violence against black slaves and while this still contained that outlook, I appreciated a different perspective of the majority being from a soldier’s point of view, and the friendship Jacob and Willie had. It made it just a little less heavy of a subject for me with that.