Brokenburn : The Journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868 /

This journal records the Civil War experiences of a sensitive, well-educated, young southern woman. Kate Stone was 20 when the war began, living with her widowed mother, five brothers, and younger sister at Brokenburn, their plantation home in northeastern Louisiana. When Grant moved against Vicksbu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stone, Kate, 1841-1907
Other Authors: Anderson, John Q.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 1995.
Edition:Louisiana paperback ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Stone, Kate, > 1841-1907.
Stone, Kate, > 1841-1907 > Diaries.
Women plantation owners.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Femmes proprietaires de plantations > Louisiane > Journaux intimes.
Women plantation owners > Louisiana > Diaries.
United States.
Louisiana.
Louisiane > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession)
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels des confederes.
Louisiana > History > Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Recits personnels.
Journaux intimes.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Diaries.
Personal narratives > Confederate.
History.
diaries.
Personal Narrative
Diary
Autobiography
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:This journal records the Civil War experiences of a sensitive, well-educated, young southern woman. Kate Stone was 20 when the war began, living with her widowed mother, five brothers, and younger sister at Brokenburn, their plantation home in northeastern Louisiana. When Grant moved against Vicksburg, the family fled before the invading armies, eventually found refuge in Texas, and finally returned to a devastated home ...
Item Description:Previously published in 1972.
Physical Description:1 online resource (440 pages): portrait
ISBN:9780807151563

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