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02407aam a22004338i 4500 001 ECD3E55A939111E7A673E95E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20170907010029 008 170811s2017 nbu b 001 0beng 010 $a 2017010794 020 $a 1612348556 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 9781612348551 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)983400693 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us-ny $a n-us--- 050 00 $a F234.A3 $b W48 2017 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Whitacre, Paula, $e author. 245 12 $a A civil life in an uncivil time : $b Julia Wilbur's struggle for purpose / $c Paula Tarnapol Whitacre. 263 $a 1709 264 1 $a Lincoln : $b Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, $c 2017. 300 $a pages cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Prologue: the saddest sound I ever heard -- Part I. Before the war -- A peculiar period in my pilgrimage -- Slavery is an evil that ought not to exist -- My plans overthrown; life all changed -- At Alexandria...the Potomac rolls its majestic stream -- Part II. During the war -- Civil War is upon us -- My way seems clear to go -- What a place I have found -- Mrs. J and I may carry out our plans -- An interfering and troublesome person -- I wish to...fight it through -- Will it pay? -- As good a spot as could be obtained -- Things as usual, quite unsettled -- Flung my flag to the breeze -- Part III. After the war -- The paraphernalia of war is fast disappearing -- That I might be there to see -- Epilogue: the burial was at Avon. 600 10 $a Wilbur, Julia, $d 1815-1895. 650 0 $a Women abolitionists $z Alexandria $z Alexandria $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women civil rights workers $z Alexandria $z Alexandria $v Biography. 650 0 $a Suffragists $z Alexandria $z Alexandria $v Biography. 650 0 $a Quakers $z Alexandria $z Alexandria $v Biography. 651 0 $a United States $x Women. $y Civil War, 1861-1865 $x Women. 650 0 $a Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 650 0 $a Women $x History $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 651 0 $a Alexandria (Va.) $v Biography. 651 0 $a Avon (N.Y.) $v Biography. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20171107013843.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=ECD3E55A939111E7A673E95E97128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search