Civil War Wives
| Author | : Carol Berkin |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2009-09-08 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780307272935 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0307272931 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Civil War Wives by : Carol Berkin
Download or read book Civil War Wives written by Carol Berkin and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-09-08 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In these moving stories if Angelina Grimké Weld, wife of abolitionist Theodore Weld, Varina Howell Davis, wife of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and Julia Dent grant, wife of Ulysses S. Grant, Carol Berkin reveals how women understood the cataclysmic events of their day. Their stories, taken together, help reconstruct the era of the Civil War with a greater depth and complexity by adding women's experiences and voices to their male counterparts.
