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Joan E. CashinPublication Details
BookBelknap Press of Harvard University Press2006Availability
LOCATION CALL # STATUS (LOWER LEVEL) E467.1.D27 C36 2006 AVAILABLE New Feature: Text this to your cellphone
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When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. After the war, Varina Davis endured financial woes and the loss of several children, but following her husband’s death in 1889, she moved to New York and began a career in journalism. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)Subject
- Davis, Varina, — 1826-1906
- Davis, Jefferson, — 1808-1889 — Family
- Presidents’ spouses — Confederate States of America — Biography
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Biography
- United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Social aspects
- Confederate States of America — Social conditions
Contents
- Half breed
- This Mr. Davis
- Flattered and courted
- First lady
- No matter what danger there was
- Holocausts of herself
- Run with the rest
- Threadbare great folks
- Topic of the day
- Crowd of sorrows
- Fascinating failures
- The girdled tree
- Delectable city(New York City)
- Like Martha
- At peace
ISBN
- 0674022947
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