Matty's War: A Matty Trescott Novel

Matty Trescott #1

by Carroll Thomas

Sixteen-year old Matty Trescott arrives in Simsbury, Connecticut, to live with her cousin Neely's family in December 1863. Her farm in Kansas has been burned by Confederate raiders, her father and brother have joined the Union Army, and she has been sent to Connecticut for her safety. She and Neely are slated to attend school at the Hartford Female Seminary, but Matty has other ideas. When they get to Hartford, Neely stays but Matty heads for New Haven hoping to enlist in the army.

164 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

About the author

Joint pseudonym of Carole B. Shmurak with Tom Ratliff