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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778450903321

Autore

Cashin Joan E

Titolo

First lady of the Confederacy [[electronic resource] ] : Varina Davis's Civil War / / Joan E. Cashin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

0-674-02926-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

973.7/13092

Soggetti

Presidents' spouses - Confederate States of America

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Confederate States of America Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2006.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-391) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. Half Breed -- 2. This Mr. Davis -- 3. Flattered and Courted -- 4. First Lady -- 5. No Matter What Danger There Was -- 6. Holocausts of Herself -- 7. Run with the Rest -- 8. Threadbare Great Folks -- 9. Topic of the Day -- 10. Crowd of Sorrows -- 11. Fascinating Failures -- 12. The Girdled Tree -- 13. Delectable City -- 14. Like Martha -- 15. At Peace -- Notes -- A Note on Sources -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. Pro-slavery but also pro-Union, Varina Davis was inhibited by her role as Confederate First Lady and unable to reveal her true convictions.Cashin offers a splendid portrait of a fascinating woman who struggled with the constraints of her time and place.