Civil War Wives
The Lives & Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis & Julia Dent Grant
$32.10
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2010
Summary
A unique understanding of the tumultuous social and political landscape of the Civil War as told through the lives and marriages of three “accidental heroines.” FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. VINTAGE CIVIL WAR LIBRARY.
In these moving stories of Angelina Grimke Weld, wife of abolitionist Theodore Weld, Varina Howell Davis, wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and Julia Dent Grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Carol Berkin reveals how women understood the cataclysmic events of their d…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400095780 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1400095786 |
| Author: | Carol Berkin |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.,U.S. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2010 |
| Weight: | 323g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 132mm x 202mm |
| Series: | Vintage Civil War Library |
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Critics Review
“A Fascinating and lively narrative”- The Christian Science Monitor
“A Fascinating and lively narrative”— The Christian Science Monitor
“Thoroughly fascinating… . belongs on the bookshelf of all Civil War enthusiasts, right next to the biographies of Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, and Mary Lincoln.“— Jay Winik, author of April 1865 and The Great Upheaval
“Using letters, books and other historical documents, Berkin paints a lively and empathetic picture of these women’s lives.“— St. Petersburg Times
“A well written, highly accessible exploration of marriage and the cult of true womanhood as it played out in the lives of three southern women. Berkin’s fascinating case studies … reveal the complex interplay out in the lives of southern women of the Civil War era.“— Civil War Book Review
Carol Berkin
Carol Berkin received her A.B. from Barnard College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. She taught at Baruch College from 1972 to 2008 and has taught at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York since 1983. She is currently Baruch Presidential Professor of History.
Berkin is the author of:
- Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America’s Independence
- A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution
- Jonathan Sewall: Odyssey of an American Loyalist
- First Generations: Women in Colonial America
She has also published numerous articles and reviews. Berkin lives in New York City and Guilford, Connecticut.
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