Mrs. Carolyn Baker, Betty Nielson, Margy Wylder

The Civil War was a battle that forever changed the face of a nation. The devastating loss of so many men resulted in thousands of widowed women and orphaned children, and survival was never guaranteed. Mrs. Carolyn Baker, Betty Nielson, and Margy Wylder tell the stories of three different women who endured and rose above the extreme difficulties faced by women during the 19th century.

The Civil War was a battle that forever changed the face of a nation. The devastating loss of so many men resulted in thousands of widowed women and orphaned children, and survival was never guaranteed. Mrs. Carolyn Baker, Betty Nielson, and Margy Wylder tell the stories of three different women who endured and rose above the extreme difficulties faced by women during the 19th century. Readers will be inspired and impressed by the strength of these three women. They not only survived, they succeeded in a time that was not always kind to women.

Born in Hungary before the war, Lazslo Endrody came to the United States in 1947 and settled in Ohio with an uncle. He enlisted in the army the moment he was old enough and was soon fighting in Korea while studying for, and eventually obtaining, U.S. citizenship. After becoming a sergeant first class and then a captain, he sailed to various ports in the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Siam. He became a pilot in the Panama Canal before returning to the sea, where he worked six months on, six months off. He raised horses, cattle and sheep on a ranch in Utah, which his mother managed while he was away. It was while he worked as a captain that he discovered his love for writing, and set most of his stories in and around the U.S. Civil War. He is the author of 28 books.