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Title: Civil War Women: Their Quilts ¥ Their Roles ¥ Activities for Re-Enactors by Barbara Brackman ISBN: 1571201041 Publisher: C & T Pub Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Rating: 4
Summary: Interesting mini bios, lots of living history ideas
Comment: For those interested in learning more about the various roles that women played in the Civil War, this book is a terrific starting point. For those interested in ideas of civilian living history activities, this book has some great ideas for women Civil War reenactors who want to do more than sit under the tent fly until their man returns from battle. For those interested in making a quilt inspired by old-fashioned patterns, this book contains some beautiful projects and good instructions. For those interested in faithfully recreating historically accurate quilts, this book is not for you.
After reading Barbara Brackman's wonderful "Quilts from the Civil War," I anxiously awaited "Civil War Women"--expecting another book on recreating historic quilts. Ultimately, I appreciated "Civil War Women" for what it was--a book containing interesting stories about the lives of women abolitionists, newspaper reporters, spies, plantation wives, nurses, government clerks, refugees and soldiers' wives. In the book's nine chapters, Brackman focuses on describing the life of one women from each group, and then discusses others in these roles. Numerous photographs and engravings help take the reader back to the 1860s.
I especially loved the suggested activities for reenactors: a quilting bee, giving a stump speech, collecting signatures for an album quilt, smuggling contraband, staging a bazaar, to name a few. Brackman reprints a speech given by Amelia Bloomer and excerpts diaries discussing quilting bees and fairs, which help to provide primary sources for these activities. Even those not involved in living history might be inspired to try some of these activities for a different old-fashioned party.
For a book with a quilt on its cover that primarily has been marketed in quilt shops, however, the paucity of original quilts was disappointing. Of the 30-some quilts depicted in "Civil War Women," only a quarter are originals. And although Brackman describes the project quilts as being inspired by originals, in many cases, she does not depict the originals so that the quilter interested in authenticity can determine where accuracy left off and inspiration took over. Unlike the reproduction quilts in "Quilts of the Civil War," which many times appeared very similar to the originals, these quilts just don't quite look like other historic quilts that I have seen from the period.
Had this book not clearly targeted reenactors, I would not complain about the quilts. But for those involved in living history for the sake of public education rather than because they like "theme camping," authenticity is important, and the suggestion that reenactors can create good reproduction quilts by relying merely on this book does a disservice.
Rating: 4
Summary: Re-enactor's delight
Comment: This book contains 9 projects adapted from period quilts. These are linked rather whimsically to 9 women of the period. There is no evidence that the women profiled actually made quilts like these or, in fact, ever made any quilts at all. Ms. Brackman has used a little creative journalism, what the TV people like to call the docu-drama approach, to connect nine women who represent particular types and quilts that women like them were making. If your love is for historical trivia, about women or the Civil War period, you will likely find this book fascinating. Each chapter ends with a series of activities which could be used by re-enactors or by history teachers. There are numerous etchings and photographs of the period.
Rating: 5
Summary: This should be required HS history reading!
Comment: Where was Barbara Brackman when I was studying history in school? She has brought real women of history into our living rooms, introducing us to the most intimate of their thoughts and actions during the Civil War, each unique in her own role. But she doesn't stop there. For Civil War reenactors, she goes on to build on the historical facts to suggest activities in order to walk in these women's footsteps. And for quilters, she provides patterns of quilts of the era. This book is a must for anyone learning about women's roles in the Civil War, for Civil War reenactors, for quilters fond of old patterns, and generally for almost any history buff. Brackman has successfully spanned the line between quilter and historian in a way that her peers and even Brackman herself have not done before.
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Title: Hidden in Plain View: A Secret Story of Quilts and the Underground Railroad by Jacqueline L. Tobin, Raymond G., Phd Dobard, Maude Southwell Wahlman, Cuesta Benberry ISBN: 0385497679 Publisher: Anchor Pub Pub. Date: 18 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Southern Quilts : Surviving Relics of the Civil War by Bets Ramsey, Merikay Waldvogel ISBN: 1558535985 Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns by Barbara Brackman ISBN: 0891458158 Publisher: American Quilters Society Pub. Date: August, 1993 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Quilter's Legacy : An Elm Creek Quilts Novel by Jennifer Chiaverini ISBN: 0743236130 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Hearts And Hands : Women, Quilts, and the American Society by Pat Ferrero, Elaine Hedges, Julie Silber ISBN: 1558534342 Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press Pub. Date: 15 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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