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Umfang: Online-Ressource (416 p)

ISBN: 9780674030374

Inhalt: Intro -- 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.

Anmerkung: Description based upon print version of record , ""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""

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780674029262

Weitere Ausg.: ISBN 9780674030374

Weitere Ausg.: Print version First Lady of the Confederacy : Varina Davis's Civil War

Sprache: Englisch

Schlagwort(e): Electronic books

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Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

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ISBN: 9780674029262

Inhalt: When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. Pro-slavery but also pro-Union, Varina Davis was inhibited by her role as Confederate First Lady and unable to reveal her true convictions.Cashin offers a splendid portrait of a fascinating woman who struggled with the constraints of her time and place.

Anmerkung: 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. , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.4159/9780674029262

URL: https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674029262

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Ausgabe: Electronic reproduction. Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : Harvard University Press, 2006. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Ausgabe: System requirements: Web browser.

Ausgabe: Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

ISBN: 9780674029262

Inhalt: When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. Pro-slavery but also pro-Union, Varina Davis was inhibited by her role as Confederate First Lady and unable to reveal her true convictions.Cashin offers a splendid portrait of a fascinating woman who struggled with the constraints of her time and place.

Anmerkung: 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. , In English.

Sprache: Englisch

DOI: 10.4159/9780674029262

URL: https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674029262