[PDF.22tw] First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War

First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War

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 | #643948 in Books |  Belknap Press of Harvard University Press |  2006-10-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  1.27 x6.50 x9.42l, | File type: PDF | 416 pages

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||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| She put her own beliefs away and pretty much lived to be a good wife to this ...|By S. COSBY|This author depicts (thru letters, etc.) that Varina Davis was very much a "long suffering" wife. She did put up with a lot from Jeff Davis and his beliefs as to what a woman should be and she silently put up with his philandering ways. She put her own beliefs away and pretty much liv|From Publishers Weekly|Starred . Cashin has written a smashing study—the first scholarly biography—of Varina Howell Davis (1826–1906), wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis. Cashin, an associate professor of history at Ohio Stat

When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. For this highly intelligent, acutely observant woman, loyalty did not come easily: she spent long years struggling to reconcile her societal duties to her personal beliefs. Raised in Mississippi but educated in Philadelphia, and a long-time resident of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Davis never felt at ease in Richmond. During the war she nursed Union p...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis's Civil War   |  Joan E. Cashin. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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