First Lady of the Confederacy - Varina Daviss Civil War

Informationen zum Autor Joan E. Cashin is Professor of History at The Ohio State University. Klappentext A century after Varina Davis's death in 1906, Joan E. Cashin has written a masterly biography of this truly modern, but deeply conflicted, woman. Pro-slavery but also pro-Union, Davis was a fascinating woman who struggled with the constraints of her time and place. 29 halftone photos. Zusammenfassung When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy! his wife Varina reluctantly became the First Lady. Pro-slavery but also pro-Union! Varina Davis was inhibited by her role as Confederate First Lady and unable to reveal her true convictions. Cashin offers a portrait of a fascinating woman struggling with the constraints of time and place. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Introduction 1. Half Breed 2. This Mr. Davis 3. Flattered and Courted 4. First Lady 5. No Matter What Danger There Was 6. Holocausts of Herself 7. Run with the Rest 8. Threadbare Great Folks 9. Topic of the Day 10. Crowd of Sorrows 11. Fascinating Failures 12. The Girdled Tree 13. Delectable City 14. Like Martha 15. At Peace Notes A Note on Sources Acknowledgments Index Illustrations Varina Howell! 1840s Mr. and Mrs. Davis! 1845 Joseph E. Davis Zachary Taylor Franklin Pierce Jefferson Davis! 1850s Minna Blair Harriet Lane Johnston Winfield Scott Varina Howell Davis! circa 1860 Confederate White House! 1865 The Davis children! 1860s Ellen Barnes and the infant Winnie Davis Varina Davis and her daughter Winnie John W. Garrett Margaret Howell Jefferson and Varina Davis! 1867 Virginia Clay Court Street! the Davis home in Memphis Sarah Dorsey Beauvoir Oscar Wilde Jefferson Davis in old age Joseph Pulitzer Julia Grant Winnie Davis Four generations of Davis women! 1905 Varina Davis! the pensive widow

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• Authors: Joan E Cashin, Joan E. Cashin, Cashin Joan E.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2008
• EAN: 9780674030374
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03037-4
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory, United States of America, USA, Biography: historical, political and military, Specific wars and campaigns, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars