Download or read book The Enlistment: A Frankie Blaine Story written by Janet R. Stafford and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-07-27 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is August of 1862 and sixteen-year-old Frances "Frankie" Blaine learns that her beau, Patrick, will be enlisting in the Army. In the flush of first love, Frankie wants to be by his side. She also wonders why she can't enlist and fight in the war too. Since no one seems able to give her a rational explanation other than that she can't because she is a girl, Frankie comes up with a plan. But it backfires and thrusts her into a world that she didn't expect and from which she learns some large lessons.