Mary Chesnut's Diary Mary Boykin Chesnut

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Mary Chesnut's Diary Mary Boykin Chesnut

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A personal narrative of the Civil War written between 1861 and 1865. It captures the urgency and nuance of the period in an epic with commentary on race, status, and power within a nation divided.

Mary Chesnut's Diary Zusammenfassung

Mary Chesnut's Diary Mary Boykin Chesnut

One of the most compelling personal narratives of the Civil War, Mary Chesnut's Diary was written between 1861 and 1865. As the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner and the wife of an aide to the Confederate President, Jefferson Davis, Chesnut was well acquainted with the Confederacy's prominent players and - from the very first shots in Charleston, South Carolina - diligently recorded her impressions of the conflict's most significant moments. One of the most frequently cited memoirs of the war, Mary Chesnut's Diary captures the urgency and nuance of the period in an epic rich with commentary on race, status, and power within a nation divided.

Mary Chesnut's Diary Bewertungen

[Mary Boykin Chesnut's] take on the Civil War, the run-up to it, and the nation's eventual collapse into the chaos of war, are profound and insightful. There's much to be learned from her thoughts-even today.
-James McBride, author of The Good Lord Bird and Deacon King Kong

Über Mary Boykin Chesnut

Mary Boykin Chesnut (1823-1886) was the daughter of a prominent South Carolina politician and attended private schools in her youth. In 1840 she married James Chesnut, Jr., who would play an important role in the secession movement and the Confederacy. After her husband became an officer in the Confederate army, she accompanied him on his military missions and recorded her views and observations in her journal. Her Diary from Dixie, a perceptive view of Southern life during the American Civil War, was published in 1905.

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CIN0143106066VG

ISBN 13

9780143106067

ISBN 10

0143106066

Titel

Mary Chesnut's Diary Mary Boykin Chesnut

Autor

Mary Boykin Chesnut

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Broschiert

Verlag

Penguin Books Ltd

Datum

20110426

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384

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