Refugitta of Richmond : the wartime recollections, grave and gay, of Constance Cary Harrison / / edited, annotated, and with an introduction by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr. and S. Kittrell Rushing
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| Autore: |
Harrison Burton, Mrs., <1843-1920.>
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| Titolo: |
Refugitta of Richmond : the wartime recollections, grave and gay, of Constance Cary Harrison / / edited, annotated, and with an introduction by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr. and S. Kittrell Rushing
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| Pubblicazione: | Knoxville, : University of Tennessee Press, c2011 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (273 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 973.7/82 |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate |
| Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate | |
| United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women | |
| Virginia History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women | |
| Richmond (Va.) History Civil War, 1861-1865 | |
| Altri autori: |
HughesNathaniel Cheairs
RushingS. Kittrell
HarrisonBurton, Mrs., <1843-1920.>
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| Note generali: | Originally published under title: Recollections grave and gay. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; Introduction; Refugitta of Richmond; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Epilogue; Appendix: Burton Norvell Harrison; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In the expansive canon of Civil War memoirs, relatively few accounts from women exist. Among the most engaging and informative of these rare female perspectives is Constance Cary Harrison's Recollections Grave and Gay, a lively, first-person account of the collapse of the Confederacy by the wife of President Jefferson Davis's private secretary. Although equal in literary merit to the well-known and widely available diaries of Mary Boykin Chesnut and Eliza Frances Andrews, Harrison's memoir failed to remain in print after its original publication in 1916 and, as a result, |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Refugitta of Richmond |
| ISBN: | 1-283-09860-1 |
| 9786613098603 | |
| 1-57233-792-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910826367203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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