The Free Flag of Cuba - The Lost Novel of Lucy Holcombe Pickens (Paperback, New edition)

The wife of South Carolina secessionist governor Francis W. Pickens and known as the ""Queen of the Confederacy,"" Lucy Holcombe Pickens (1832-1899) was during her lifetime one of the most famous women in the South. Rumor was that in her youth she published a novel under a pseudonym. Recently discovered as The Free Flag of Cuba; or, The Martyrdom of Lopez: A Tale of the Liberating Expedition of 1851, her 1854 book is a romanticized account of the 1851 fi libustering expedition to Cuba by Narciso Lopez. With this new edition, Orville Vernon Burton and Georganne B. Burton resurrect Holcombe's lost work and prove it to be a window on many pressing nineteenth-century issues. A not-so-subtle plea for U.S. support for Cuban independence from Spain, Holcombe's novel vindicates Lopez and his men, who were officially regarded as mercenaries, and declares them to be martyred heroes. The tale clearly refi'ects the values southern aristocratic women expected in men, even if preserving those values meant death and defeat, a harbinger of ardent support for the Confederacy by women like Lucy. With an illuminating introduction detailing the life of Lucy Petway Holcombe Pickens and the historical context of her novel, this new edition of The Free Flag of Cuba is a welcome glimpse into the mind and value system of the southern belle who would become a southern icon.

General

Imprint:	Louisiana State University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Library of Southern Civilization
Release date:	October 2002
First published:	October 2002
Editors:	Orville Vernon Burton • Georganne B. Burton
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	212
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-8071-2834-3
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900 Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > General Books > History > American history > General Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
LSN:	0-8071-2834-1
Barcode:	9780807128343

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