| Civil War Wives: The Lives & Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis & Julia Dent Grant Contributor(s): Berkin, Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400095786 ISBN-13: 9781400095780 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - Biography & Autobiography | Women - History | Women |
| Dewey: 973.708 |
| Series: Vintage Civil War Library |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 5.29" W x 7.96" (0.78 lbs) 384 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In these moving stories if Angelina Grimk Weld, wife of abolitionist Theodore Weld, Varina Howell Davis, wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and Julia Dent grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Carol Berkin reveals how women understood the cataclysmic events of their day. Their stories, taken together, help reconstruct the era of the Civil War with a greater depth and complexity by adding women's experiences and voices to their male counterparts. |