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First lady of the Confederacy : Varina Davis's Civil War / Joan E. Cashin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cashin, Joan E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Presidents' spouses--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Presidents' spouses.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
- Confederate States of America.
- Davis, Varina, 1826-1906.
- Davis, Varina.
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889--Family.
- Davis, Jefferson.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (416 p. ) ill.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Originally published: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-391) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-674-02926-7
- OCLC:
- 1049624421
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