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.

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Produktdetails

• American Profiles
• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• 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 teaches history at the U.S. Naval Academy. She is also the author of Patriotism for Profit: Georgia's Urban Entrepreneurs and the Confederate War Effort.

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