Books with author Susie Taylor

This edition has been expanded and annotated with updated information. Suzie King Taylor made a remarkable journey from slavery to freedom through service with the first black Civil War regiment to fight for freedom in America's history. Written toward the end of her life, her memories are not those of a battle veteran, though she helped care for plenty of shattered bodies, heard the guns, and saw rebel soldiers at close range. At risk to her life and freedom, she served throughout the war as a teenaged nurse. Assigned as a laundress, she actually did very little laundering but instead played an important role in the care and spirits of black soldiers and their white commanders. Her depth of feeling about the past and her passionate hopes for the future bring her writing to life. This is an important contribution to American history that is made available in this volume for the first time for e-readers. Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) was an African American army nurse with the first black Union troops during the Civil War. She wrote the only memoir of an African-American woman who had experience with combat troops. She was also the first African American to teach in a school for former slaves in Georgia. There is great beauty in some of the small details of Suzie King's recollections. She briefly ponders in amazement her ability to acclimate to the horrors of war. "It seems strange how our aversion to seeing suffering is overcome in war, how we are able to see the most sickening sights, such as men with their limbs blown off and mangled by the deadly shells, without a shudder; and instead of turning away, how we hurry to assist in alleviating their pain, bind up their wounds, and press the cool water to their parched lips, with feelings only of sympathy and pity." She also writes of her delight in becoming proficient at field-stripping, cleaning, and shooting a musket. Her final chapter is an eloquent plea for civil rights and a recognition that emancipation's promise was still a distant goal. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

Susie King Taylor was the only African-American woman to publish a memoir of her Civil War wartime experiences. Negro narratives of the Civil War are few. Susie King Taylor's 1902 slender volume, "Reminiscences of My Life in Camp," written with an earnest simplicity, records in camp the experience of a woman born a slave who was for four years a regimental laundress and nurse in the Thirty-third United States Colored Infantry, earlier First South Carolina Colored Troop. In April 1862, Susie Baker and many other African Americans fled to St. Simons Island, occupied at the time by Union forces. While at the school on St. Simons Island, Baker married Edward King, a black noncommissioned officer in the First South Carolina Volunteers of African Descent (later reflagged as 33rd United States Colored Troops). For three years she moved with her husband's and brothers' regiment, serving as nurse and laundress, and teaching many of the black soldiers to read and write during their off-duty hours.As Taylor notes, "There are many people who do not know what some of the colored women did during the war. There were hundreds of them who assisted the Union soldiers by hiding them and helping them to escape. Many were punished for taking food to the prison stockades for the prisoners."In describing Confederates' treacherous use of blackface, Taylor writes:"When the rebels saw these boats, they ran out of the city. The regiment landed and marched up the street, where they spied the rebels who had fled from the city. They were hiding behind a house about a mile or so away, their faces blackened to disguise themselves as negroes, and our boys, as they advanced toward them, halted a second, saying, 'They are black men! Let them come to us.'" About the author: "Susie King Taylor (1848 –1912) was the first Black Army nurse. She tended to an all Black army troop named the 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union), later redesignated the 33rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment, where her husband served, for four years during the Civil War. Despite her service, like many African-American nurses, she was never paid for her work. As the author of Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers, she was the only African-American woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences. She was also the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia. At this school in Savannah, Georgia, she taught children during the day and adults at night. She is in the 2018 class of inductees of the Georgia Women of Achievement.

Abby and Ellie were the best of friends, but when Ellie tried on Granny Abigail's slave shoes, she began to TRULY understand, and appreciate her best friend. Abigail's Shoes take Ellie on an adventure in African American history; experiencing the lives of Abigail's decendents throughout the decades in Mississippi. It is a wonderful journey that only happens when "we walk a mile in someone else's shoes"!

Susie King Taylor was the only African-American woman to publish a memoir of her Civil War wartime experiences. Negro narratives of the Civil War are few. Susie King Taylor's 1902 slender volume, "Reminiscences of My Life in Camp," written with an earnest simplicity, records in camp the experience of a woman born a slave who was for four years a regimental laundress and nurse in the Thirty-third United States Colored Infantry, earlier First South Carolina Colored Troop. In April 1862, Susie Baker and many other African Americans fled to St. Simons Island, occupied at the time by Union forces. While at the school on St. Simons Island, Baker married Edward King, a black noncommissioned officer in the First South Carolina Volunteers of African Descent (later reflagged as 33rd United States Colored Troops). For three years she moved with her husband's and brothers' regiment, serving as nurse and laundress, and teaching many of the black soldiers to read and write during their off-duty hours. As Taylor notes, "There are many people who do not know what some of the colored women did during the war. There were hundreds of them who assisted the Union soldiers by hiding them and helping them to escape. Many were punished for taking food to the prison stockades for the prisoners." In describing Confederates' treacherous use of blackface, Taylor writes: "When the rebels saw these boats, they ran out of the city. The regiment landed and marched up the street, where they spied the rebels who had fled from the city. They were hiding behind a house about a mile or so away, their faces blackened to disguise themselves as negroes, and our boys, as they advanced toward them, halted a second, saying, 'They are black men! Let them come to us.'" About the author: "Susie King Taylor (1848 –1912) was the first Black Army nurse. She tended to an all Black army troop named the 1st South Carolina Volunteers (Union), later redesignated the 33rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment, where her husband served, for four years during the Civil War. Despite her service, like many African-American nurses, she was never paid for her work. As the author of Reminiscences of My Life in Camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, Late 1st S.C. Volunteers, she was the only African-American woman to publish a memoir of her wartime experiences. She was also the first African American to teach openly in a school for former slaves in Georgia. At this school in Savannah, Georgia, she taught children during the day and adults at night. She is in the 2018 class of inductees of the Georgia Women of Achievement.

Susie King Taylor (1848-1912) was the first Black Army nurse. Her memoirs of her service during the Civil War include the following chapters:I. A Brief Sketch of My AncestorsII. My ChildhoodIII. On St. Simon’s Island (1862)IV. Camp Saxton—Proclamation and Barbecue (1863)V. Military Expeditions, and Life in CampVI. On Morris and Other IslandsVII. Cast AwayVIII. A Flag of TruceIX. Capture of CharlestonX. Mustered OutXI. After the WarXII. The Women’s Relief CorpsXIII. Thoughts on Present ConditionsXIV. A Visit to Louisiana

Looking at the world from a different way is what Topsy-Turvy Tracy decided to do one day. It happened quite by accident, you see. She almost fell on her head, when her foot got caught in the bed sheet. Tracy decided she liked it that way, and so began the upside-downer day. It didn't take long for her to understand that God had the perfect plan. Kids will discover that God's ways are best, and just like Tracy, they'll be glad he made everything right side up!

Use the special guides in this book to doodle your own Animal Mandalas and then colour them in.It’s easy, fun and challenging – the designs get more complex as you work your way through the book! At the back of this book there are some extra templates so that you can design and doodle mandalas of your own. You can colour or stipple your designs when they are complete.Start in the middle, using the dots and circular guides to form the shapes, and work outwards to build your Mandala. There are endless design possibilities. Use our examples to copy, or create beautiful shapes of your own.

Use the special guides in this book to doodle your own Mandalas and then colour them in.It’s easy, fun and challenging – the designs get more complex as you work your way through the book! At the back of this book there are some extra templates so that you can design and doodle mandalas of your own. You can colour or stipple your designs when they are complete.Start in the middle, using the dots and circular guides to form the shapes, and work outwards to build your Mandala. There are endless design possibilities. Use our examples to copy, or create beautiful shapes of your own.

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When Ben discovers a bug dragon in his back yard he shares the news with his best friend Alf and together they form the ‘Bug dragon Undercover Research Project’. (B.U.R.P) Little do they realise that they too are under surveillance. The bug dragons have intentions of their own that are not quite so harmless! Ben’s sister Emily and her friend Nadia also become involved, and together they embark on an expedition to determine where these mysterious creatures are coming from. Hidden within the forest they discover the ruins of a fairy city and the wondrous cavern of the bug dragons’ home. As they are drawn into this magical realm they begin to realize the dangerous forces that threaten the bug dragons, and find themselves caught up in an extraordinary and unexpected adventure.