Mary A. Decredico

Mary Boykin Chesnut

A Confederate Woman's Life

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Chesnut's keen insight into political, economic, and social developments makes her an excellent source to understand the Southern homefront during the Civil War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780945612476
• ISBN-10: 0945612478
• Artikelnr.: 22470885

Autorenporträt

Mary A. DeCredico

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Illustrations
Chapter 2 Editor's Foreword
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Introduction
Chapter 5 Southern Daughter: "The World Seemed a Place Where One Could be
Very Jolly"
Chapter 6 Marriage & Politics: "I Take This Somnolent Life Coolly"
Chapter 7 1860-1861: "Lincoln Was Elected and Our Fate Sealed"
Chapter 8 1862: "We Have No Breathing Time Given Us"
Chapter 9 1863: "Anxiety Pervades"
Chapter 10 1864: "The Deep Waters Are Closing Over Us"
Chapter 11 1865: "The Grand Smash Has Come"
Chapter 12 "Cry Aloud For All That is Past & Gone"
Chapter 13 Epilogue: The Diary From Dixie
Chapter 14 Suggested Reading
Chapter 15 Index