personal narratives

The true story of Immacul?e Ilibagiza who endured the murder of her family as a result of genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and how she was able to later forgive those who had killed them.

In their own words, a variety of teenagers from South Africa talk about their years growing up under apartheid, and about the changes now occurring in their country.

Presents the 1861-65 diaries, personal sketches, and maps of Private Robert Knox Sneden, a Union soldier whose appointment as a mapmaker led him to witness some of the Civil War's most important campaigns, and who spent a year imprisoned in Georgia's Andersonville prison camp.

Presents a first-hand account of life in the Confederate prison camp Andersonville through the diary entries of John Ransom, a Union soldier captured in Richmond, Virginia in November 1863 and held until his successful escape over a year later.

Briefly examines the life of William Bircher, who was a young drummer boy for the Union Army during the Civil War.

Briefly examines the life of Sally Wister, who was just a girl in 1777 when the Revolutionary War forced her and her family out of Philadelphia.

Briefly explores the life of Carrie Berry, a Confederate girl who was ten years old in 1864, when the Union bombarded Atlanta with cannon fire.

Drawing on diaries and letters of both the famous and ordinary, presents a collection of personal narratives on the Civil War, from the early failures of Union commanders to the assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theater.

Draws on interviews and focus groups with child soldiers to examine how they were initiated into the civil war in Sierra Leone and the challenges they faced after the war.