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Surviving the Confederacy : rebellion, ruin, and recovery : Roger and Sara Pryor during the Civil War / John C. Waugh.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waugh, John C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pryor, Roger A. (Roger Atkinson), 1828-1919.
- Pryor, Roger A.
- Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice, 1830-1912.
- Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice.
- History.
- Social aspects.
- Married people.
- Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- Married people--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Virginia.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 447 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harcourt, [2002]
- Summary:
- Taking a vivid look at the homefront during the Civil War, Waugh examines the life of one of the South's most well-known couples. While Roger and Sara Pryor were living examples of the South's pride and success before the war, Waugh shows they were also the victims of ensuing privation and destruction. Two 8-page photo inserts.
- Contents:
- Roger
- Sara
- Harry Hotspur and the Washington Belle
- The fire-eater
- Coming untied
- Strike a blow!
- Cradle days of the Confederacy
- Sewing for the Rebellion
- A message from the guns
- Seeing the elephant
- Somebody's darling
- Marching with Lee
- Alone in the blackwater
- A bizarre resignation
- War at the door
- In the cannon's mouth
- The riderless horse
- The tightening noose
- The northern Bastille
- Death knell
- Shattered lives
- Into the arms of the enemy
- The sweetheart of my life.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-430) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0151003890
- OCLC:
- 50041287
- Online:
- Publisher description
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