02771nam 2200577Ia 450 991045545380332120200520144314.00-674-02926-710.4159/9780674029262(CKB)1000000000805606(StDuBDS)AH23050623(MiAaPQ)EBC3300530(DE-B1597)457576(OCoLC)1049624421(OCoLC)1054878017(OCoLC)999353343(DE-B1597)9780674029262(Au-PeEL)EBL3300530(CaPaEBR)ebr10318527(OCoLC)830511291(EXLCZ)99100000000080560620060306d2006 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFirst lady of the Confederacy[electronic resource] Varina Davis's Civil War /Joan E. CashinCambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20061 online resource (416 p. )illOriginally published: 2006.0-674-02294-7 0-674-03037-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-391) and index.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 -- IndexWhen 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.Presidents' spousesConfederate States of AmericaBiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865BiographyUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsConfederate States of AmericaSocial conditionsElectronic books.Presidents' spouses973.7/13092Cashin Joan E1055012MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455453803321First lady of the Confederacy2488071UNINA