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