While school classes covering the Civil War may have talked about generals and battles, Rinaldi introduced me to characters like Osceola, stepdaughter of Wilmer McLean, who moved his family away from Manassas when the war came to the quieter Appomattox Courthouse-meaning the war started and ended on their doorstep.
I have been fascinated by history for as long as I can remember, but Rinaldi was one of many authors who helped me to better understand what the best kind of historical study is. Her dissertation is titled, “Life Problems: Sex Education in the United States, 1890-1930.” Follow her Wheatley and Abigail Adams and Peggy Shippen and Harriet Hemings: all early American women whom I learned about from Ann Rinaldi’s young adult fiction.
candidate in history at the College of William & Mary, and managing editor of the Nursing Clio blog. Tweet us at #FoundingFiction or comment with your recommendations for Very Early Americanists. Between posts, we’ll compile a shelf of favorites to (re)read. Welcome to Founding Fiction, The Junto’s first roundtable exploring how children’s literature and young adult fiction depicts early American history.
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