First Lady of the Confederacy : Varina Davis's Civil War / Joan E. CASHIN.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cashin, Joan E., author.

Contributor:

De Gruyter.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Presidents' spouses--Confederate States of America--Biography.

Presidents' spouses.

Genre:

Biographies.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

De Gruyter University Press Library.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

text file PDF

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:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9780674029262

OCLC:

1049624421

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.