Originally published in 1942, this perceptive and impartial analysis of one of the most baffling periods in American history, the months between the election of Lincoln and the fall of Fort Sumter, was a bold declaration of intellectual independence.
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... Læs mere
Rachel O'Connor was an extraordinary woman. For nearly fifty years (from 1797 to 1846), she lived on a plantation near Bayou Sara. And for twenty-five of those years, she managed... Læs mere
In this collection Jane Gentry evokes, in images as haunting as the Kentucky landscape, a garden thriving with the flowers of memory, a physical world that reflects a realm of... Læs mere
In this groundbreaking work, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall studies Louisiana's creole slave community during the... Læs mere
Located just north of Baton Rouge, Port Hudson, Louisiana, was the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River and the site of the longest... Læs mere
An important primary source for eighty years, Lee's Dispatches is now... Læs mere
Carol Hollywell, a Scarlett O'Hara of the 1950s, sets Washington, D.C., on its ear. Willie Morris's cleverly executed novel (loosely based on a real-life figure)... Læs mere