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Mary Boykin Chesnut kept a famous diary that captured the struggles
people experienced during the American Civil War (1861-65; a war
between the northern and southern states). Her journal of the war
years gives readers an in-depth view of what life was like for
Southerners, especially women, during the war.
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A Diary from Dixie (1905) (Paperback)
Mary Boykin Chesnut, Mary Boykin Chestnut; Edited by Isabella D. Martin, Myrta Lockett Avary
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R1,160
Discovery Miles 11 600
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
Mary Chesnut kept her diary from early in 1861, just before the
Civil War began, to shortly after the end of the war, in 1865.
Though not a day-by-day account of the conflict, the diary gives an
up-close-and-personal view of this critical period in American
history. Her commentary on the conversations and events of her day
reveals a keen awareness of the oppression to which women--lack or
white, slave or free--were subjected during that period. While she
would not consider herself a feminist, her diary reveals
sensibilities and concerns that place her far ahead of her time.
The wife of a Confederate general, Mary Chesnut moved in the elite
circles of Southern society and had a keen interest in politics.
Her diary is an important historic document and, because of her
sharp wit and often irreverent attitude, a fascinating window into
Southern society of the time.
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A Diary from Dixie (1905) (Hardcover)
Mary Boykin Chesnut, Mary Boykin Chestnut; Edited by Isabella D. Martin, Myrta Lockett Avary
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R1,547
Discovery Miles 15 470
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!
A singular view from a remarkable woman
This is a famous book. Any source work is worthy and accounts of
the American Civil War from the female perspective are not so
numerous, so all of them should be valued. Nevertheless, there is
an inevitable order to everything and Mary Chesnut's diary is of
the highest rank. Undoubtedly Mary Chesnut viewed the events of her
time from a position of privilege. She was, in many respects, the
archetypal southern lady. She was born on a South Carolina
plantation, the daughter of a U. S Senator. She was highly
educated, spoke several languages and married a U. S. Senator who
became a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army. Her family
connections meant she knew the principal characters of her time
well. They included Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Wade Hampton
and many other important figures and their families in Confederate
society, government and the military. She was in a position to
travel to the field of engagement. Yet despite all these
advantages, Mary Chesnut still exceptional and that was entirely
due to her character and intellect. She was a strong minded,
passionate woman in advance of her time and was disinclined to
accept anything at face value-including the basic tenants upon
which her new country was founded. She was an able authoress and
has left posterity a vibrant, intimate, thoughtful, detailed,
personable and entertaining chronicle of her life and times. This
is essential Civil War reading and highly recommended.
A singular view from a remarkable woman
This is a famous book. Any source work is worthy and accounts of
the American Civil War from the female perspective are not so
numerous, so all of them should be valued. Nevertheless, there is
an inevitable order to everything and Mary Chesnut's diary is of
the highest rank. Undoubtedly Mary Chesnut viewed the events of her
time from a position of privilege. She was, in many respects, the
archetypal southern lady. She was born on a South Carolina
plantation, the daughter of a U. S Senator. She was highly
educated, spoke several languages and married a U. S. Senator who
became a Brigadier-General in the Confederate Army. Her family
connections meant she knew the principal characters of her time
well. They included Jefferson Davis, John Bell Hood, Wade Hampton
and many other important figures and their families in Confederate
society, government and the military. She was in a position to
travel to the field of engagement. Yet despite all these
advantages, Mary Chesnut still exceptional and that was entirely
due to her character and intellect. She was a strong minded,
passionate woman in advance of her time and was disinclined to
accept anything at face value-including the basic tenants upon
which her new country was founded. She was an able authoress and
has left posterity a vibrant, intimate, thoughtful, detailed,
personable and entertaining chronicle of her life and times. This
is essential Civil War reading and highly recommended.
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A Diary From Dixie (1905) (Paperback)
Mary Boykin Chesnut, Mary Boykin Chestnut; Edited by Isabella D. Martin, Myrta Lockett Avary
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R1,162
Discovery Miles 11 620
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Two Novels (Hardcover)
Mary Boykin Chesnut; Volume editing by Elisabeth Muhlenfeld; Introduction by Elizabeth Hanson
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R1,303
Discovery Miles 13 030
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As the well-educated and socially skilled wife of a prominent
Confederate, Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1823-86) was ideally
situated -- and intellectually equipped -- to record the narrative
of daily life in the Confederacy during the Civil War. Yet while
she is widely recognized for the significant contribution of her
"diaries, " Mary Chesnut's other works chronicling her experiences
in the Civil War South have remained -- until now -- unpublished
and virtually unknown.
Intensely autobiographical novels, The Captain and the Colonel
and Two Years -- or The Way We Lived Then are Chesnut's
fictionalized accounts of the world as women experienced it in the
mid-nineteenth-century South. These short, unfinished novels
address a wide range of subjects related to women and serve as an
extension of the valuable source material found in the diaries,
revealing much about southern history and culture, gender roles,
slave-mistress relations, childhood, education, the experiences of
westward migration, and the impact of the Civil War on private
lives and relationships.
With an introduction by Elizabeth Hanson that places Chesnut's
novels in their social context, and thoughtfully edited by
Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, Mary Chesnut's fiction is a fascinating and
long overdue addition to the library of southern history.
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A Diary from Dixie (Paperback)
Mary Boykin Chesnut; Edited by Ben Ames Williams; Foreword by Edmund Wilson
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R1,044
R960
Discovery Miles 9 600
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One of the most important documents in southern history, this is a
day-by-day diary of the Civil War years. It rings with authenticity
while evoking the nostalgia, bitterness, and comedy of the
Confederacy.
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