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Author:

Berkin, Carol.

Title:

Civil War wives : the lives and times of Angelina Grimké Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant / Carol Berkin.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xiv, 361 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--Women.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
Grimké, Angelina Emily,--1805-1879.
Grimké, Angelina Emily,--1805-1879--Marriage.
Davis, Varina,--1826-1906.
Davis, Varina,--1826-1906--Marriage.
Grant, Julia Dent,--1826-1902.
Grant, Julia Dent,--1826-1902--Marriage.
Women--United States--Biography.
Wives--United States--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-345) and index.

Summary:

In the life stories of three "accidental heroes"--women whose marriages provided them with position and perspective they would not otherwise have had--one of the nation's premier historians offers a unique understanding of the tumultuous social and political landscape of their time.

ISBN:

1400044464
9781400044467

OCLC:

(OCoLC)335678795

LCCN:

2009019476

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