Description: Brokenburn by John Q. Anderson, Drew Gilpin Faust This journal records the Civil War experiences of a sensitive, well-educated, young southern woman. Kate Stone was twenty when the war began, living with her mother, brothers, and younger sister at Brokenburn, their plantation home in Louisiana. Without pretense and with almost photographic clarity, she portrays the South during its darkest hours. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This journal records the Civil War experiences of a sensitive, well-educated, young southern woman. Kate Stone was twenty when the war began, living with her widowed mother, five brothers, and younger sister at Brokenburn, their plantation home in northeastern Louisiana. When Grant moved against Vicksburg, the family fled before the invading armies, eventually found refuge in Texas, and finally returned to a devastated home. Kate began her journal in May, 1861, and made regular entries up to November, 1865. She included briefer sketches in 1867 and 1868. In chronicling her everyday activities, Kate reveals much about a way of life that is no more: books read, plantation management and crops, maintaining slaves in the antebellum period, the attitude and conduct of slaves during the war, the fate of refugees, and civilian morale. Without pretense and with almost photographic clarity, she portrays the South during its darkest hours. Author Biography John Q. Anderson (1916-1975) taught American literature at the University of Houston and was the author of many books, including Louisiana Swamp Doctor.Drew Gilpin Faust is the author of six books, including This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War and Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War, winner of the Francis Parkman Prize. She is President of Harvard University. Review A vivid and realistic picture of the Confederacy in its valor and agony, colorful as a novel but authentic history.-- "Book-of-the-Month Club News"The wartime journal of Kate Stone is surpassed by no other book in its picture of daily life in the besieged Confederacy.--Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Review Quote The wartime journal of Kate Stone is surpassed by no other book in its picture of daily life in the besieged Confederacy. Details ISBN0807120170 Short Title BROKENBURN Series Library of Southern Civilization Language English ISBN-10 0807120170 ISBN-13 9780807120170 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1995 Imprint Louisiana State University Press Country of Publication United States Illustrations 1 port. Place of Publication Baton Rouge Pages 440 Subtitle The Journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868 DOI 10.1604/9780807120170 AU Release Date 1995-05-01 NZ Release Date 1995-05-01 UK Release Date 1995-05-01 Author Drew Gilpin Faust Publisher Louisiana State University Press Publication Date 1995-05-30 Edited by John Q. Anderson DEWEY 973.7092 Audience Undergraduate US Release Date 1995-05-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:126507681;
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