Letters from the Periphery - Nagy, Christine
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This is the story of the Drandets, a peaceful family, caught in the throes of the Civil War. The Drandet sisters were wealthy and well-educated for their time. The sisters' letters draw us, the readers, in because they are so revealing of the times in which they were living. Although at times the language may seem a bit stilted, nonetheless we are made privy to the emotions of these women. We feel their pain and joy through their steady communication with each other.

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This is the story of the Drandets, a peaceful family, caught in the throes of the Civil War. The Drandet sisters were wealthy and well-educated for their time. The sisters' letters draw us, the readers, in because they are so revealing of the times in which they were living. Although at times the language may seem a bit stilted, nonetheless we are made privy to the emotions of these women. We feel their pain and joy through their steady communication with each other.
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Christine Nagy is an English Teacher who has had a penchant for studying the Civil War era for many years. She has pondered why the United States could not have settled its differences with the southern Confederacy without bloodshed. She has questioned Lincoln's stance that the great experiment had to prevail at the cost of untold loss of life. In this historical novel she details the lives of two sisters entrenched in the everyday life of the four long years of war and hardship that this nation endured.