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A Quiet Corner of the War : The Civil War Letters of Gilbert and Esther Claflin, Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, 1862-1863 /

In 2002, Judy Cook discovered a packet of letters written by her great-great-grandparents, Gilbert and Esther Claflin, during the American Civil War. An unexpected bounty, these letters from 1862-63 offer visceral witness to the war, recounting the trials of a family separated. Gilbert, an articulat...

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Autor principal: Claflin, Gilbert
Otros Autores: Cook, Judy, Claflin, Esther
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Madison : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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