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Kristoffer Gair

Co-authors Diane Abbott and
Kristoffer Gair present the fresh
and daring journey of Sarah
"Emma" Edmonds, the first
woman in American history to
receive a Civil War pension.
Biographical in nature and

written in narrative form, Honor
Unbound details Emma's
traumatic childhood in Canada,
her harrowing escape to the
United States and the injustices
she witnessed that forced her to
disguise herself as Franklin
Thompson. She enlisted in the
Civil War posing as a man and
served as soldier, nurse and spy
for the Union army. Researched

thoroughly in two countries, this
book reveals the true, kindred
spirit of a woman who lived and
fought for what she believed in
throughout her passionate and
often shrouded life.