A Daughter of the Union

Jeanne Vance is sixteen when she volunteers for a mission that could change the course of the war. In 1864, she carries secret Union messages through enemy territory from New York to New Orleans, aided by Admiral Farragut himself. It's a daring journey that should be impossible for a young woman in her time, yet Jeanne refuses to sit knitting socks while history unfolds around her. She succeeds where others might have failed, until Vicksburg captures her and the true test of her courage begins. This is adventure fiction at its most earnest: a story about a girl who simply decides she will not be useless, who finds a way to matter when the world insists she cannot. Written in 1912, it carries the romantic glow of an earlier generation's faith in heroism, but the heart of it remains immediate. The stakes are real, the danger is genuine, and Jeanne's determination to prove that girls can do more than wait and worry gives the whole thing a fire that no amount of period distance can dim. It's for readers who believe that courage has no age limit.