Quotes by Kelsey Brickl, Hardtack: A Civil War Story

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“The war dragged on, as wars tend to do.”

“Pick a side? You done picked the wrong side.”

“It wasnt that Nell was weak. It was that the world was dangerous.”

“It wasn’t that Nell was weak. It was that the world was dangerous.”

“The ground had opened up and spit out hell, Nell thought, and the detritus was Shiloh.”

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“The war dragged on, as wars tend to do.”
— Kelsey Brickl, Hardtack: A Civil War Story
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“Pick a side? You done picked the wrong side.”
— Kelsey Brickl, Hardtack: A Civil War Story
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“It wasnt that Nell was weak. It was that the world was dangerous.”
— Kelsey Brickl, Hardtack: A Civil War Story
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“She was an afterthought, little Martha. She was treated the way many families treated pet dogs - she had to be fed and cleaned every now and then, but she was left to her own devices for the most p...”
— Kelsey Brickl, Hardtack: A Civil War Story
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“The ground had opened up and spit out hell, Nell thought, and the detritus was Shiloh.”
— Kelsey Brickl, Hardtack: A Civil War Story
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“It wasn’t that Nell was weak. It was that the world was dangerous.”
— Kelsey Brickl, Hardtack: A Civil War Story
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