Hooray for Heroines

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Hooray for Heroines is a North Carolina book so long overdue that any readers will shout "Hurrah!" for its publication. It gives names and faces to Tar Heel women who reacted to wartime danger on their doorsteps. During the Revolution they fought Tories and King George's troops with words, wits, and weapons of homemade sorts. When Union soldiers stormed the South during the Civil War, they said they had a tough time combatting interference by scrappy "she-rebels." This volume is proof of bravery shown by our maternal ancestors in times of great peril. Hooray says, if not for our Foremothers, our Forefathers may not have succeeded in all their endeavors. Parents, librarians, and educators say they lack readable, inspiring books about brave women. A letter to Newsweek magazine reiterated: "It is exceedingly difficult to find books about strong, spunky, imaginative females." No longer. In Hooray, 40 heroines superbly fill that need.