Women, Work, and Worship in Lincoln's Country : The Dumville Family Letters / edited by Anne M. Heinz and John P. Heinz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Heinz, John P., 1936- editor.

Heinz, Anne M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle class--Middle West--History--19th century.

Women--Middle West--Social life and customs--19th century.

Women--Middle West--History--19th century.

Middle West--Social conditions--19th century.

Middle West--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Correspondence.

Dumville family--Correspondence.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Urbana, Chicago, and Springfield : University of Illinois Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The intimate and the epic in the lives of four prairie women

Contents:

Preface: the provenance and transcription of the letters

Acknowledgments

The Dumvilles and their times

1851-1853 : Family matters

1854-1855 : Cholera

1856-1857 : Political awareness

1858-1860 : The Lincoln-Douglas elections

1861-1863 : the war

The letters end

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780252098130

0252098137

OCLC:

936533921