First Lady of the Confederacy : Varina Davis's Civil War.

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When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. For this highly intelligent, acutely observant woman, loyalty did not come easily: she spent long years struggling to reconcile her societal duties to her personal beliefs. Rai...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cashin, Joan E. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Belknap Press [Imprint], Harvard University Press. 2009 ;
Temas:
Davis, Varina, > 1826-1906.
Davis, Jefferson, > 1808-1889 > Family.
Davis, Jefferson, > 1808-1889.
1861-1865
Presidents' spouses > Confederate States of America > Biography.
Présidents > Conjoints > États confédérés d'Amérique > Biographies.
Families.
Presidents' spouses.
Social aspects.
Social conditions.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Confederate States of America > Social conditions.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Aspect social.
United States.
United States > Confederate States of America.
Biographies.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 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

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