Mary Boykin Chesnut - A Confederate Woman's Life

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Mary A. DeCredico

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Mary A. Decredico, DeCredico Mary A.
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.06.1996
• EAN: 9780945612476
• ISBN: 978-0-945612-47-6
• Seiten: 212
• Abmessung: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Gewicht: 295 g
• Serie: American Profiles
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), HISTORY / Social History, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas