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Author Cashin, Joan E.

Title First lady of the Confederacy : Varina Davis's Civil War / Joan E. Cashin.

Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  973.713 D298Bc 2006    ---  Available
Description 403 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-391) and index.
Contents Half breed -- This Mr. Davis -- Flattered and courted -- First lady -- No matter what danger there was -- Holocausts of herself -- Run with the rest -- Threadbare great folks -- Topic of the day -- Crowd of sorrows -- Fascinating failures -- The girdled tree -- Delectable city (New York City) -- Like Martha -- At peace.
Subject Davis, Varina, 1826-1906.
Presidents' spouses -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 -- Family.
ISBN 0674022947 (alk. paper)
9780674022942 (alk. paper)
Standard No. YDXCP 2420335
NLGGC 293173524
NZ1 10723227

 
    
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