{"id":1673,"date":"2024-03-11T05:50:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-11T12:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/?p=1673"},"modified":"2024-03-09T15:05:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T23:05:59","slug":"guts-for-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/guts-for-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Guts for Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/gutsforgloryfc.jpg?resize=515%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20978\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Guts for Glory: The Story of Civil War Soldier Rosetta Wakeman<\/em><br \/>\nby Joanna Lapati (Author \/ Illustrator)<br \/>\n<em>@ <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3TwqVpj\">Amazon<\/a>* | <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/6037\/9780802854643\">Bookshop<\/a>*<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Booktalk:<\/strong> In 1862, the war between North and South showed no signs of stopping. In rural New York, nineteen-year-old Rosetta Wakeman longed for a life beyond the family farm. One day she made a brave, bold choice: she cut her braid and disguised herself as a man. No one suspected that &#8220;Lyons&#8221; was a woman&#8211;not even when she signed up to fight for the Union. As Rosetta\u2019s new regiment traveled to Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Louisiana, she sent letter after letter home to New York. Army life wasn\u2019t easy, but Rosetta knew it was where she belonged&#8211;supporting her family and serving her country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Snippet:<\/strong> She practiced speaking in deep, low tones and pondered a name for her new self. &#8220;Lyons Wakeman,&#8221; she whispered. <\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6536\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/asuen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/nonfiction.monday.jpg?resize=158%2C111\" alt=\"Nonfiction Monday\" width=\"158\" height=\"111\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">It&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nonfiction Monday!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anastasia Suen<\/a> All Rights Reserved. <em>(*bookstore affiliate<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guts for Glory: The Story of Civil War Soldier Rosetta Wakeman by Joanna Lapati (Author \/ Illustrator) @ Amazon* | Bookshop* Booktalk: In 1862, the war between North and South showed no signs of stopping. In rural New York, nineteen-year-old Rosetta Wakeman longed for a life beyond the family farm. One day she made a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/guts-for-glory\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Guts for Glory&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nonfiction-monday-round-up"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pam6qm-qZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1410,"url":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/nonfictionmonday\/splash-ethelda-bleibtrey-makes-waves-of-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":1673,"position":0},"title":"Splash! 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