When Will This Cruel War Be Over?
Subtitle: The Civil War Diary of Emma Simpson, Gordonsville, Virginia, 1864 (Dear America Series)
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: November 1, 2003
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780439555173
First sentence: Brother Cole returned home today.
Description: The diary of a fictional fourteen-year-old girl living in Virginia, in which she describes the hardships endured by her family and friends during one year of the Civil War.