num_pages: 273
description: The long-vanished world of the Old South--from 1842 to 1900--comes alive in the story of Emma Garnet, as she moves from pampered plantation owner's daughter, through her discovery of the evils of slavery and work in military hospitals during the Civil War, to her final reconciliation with her feelings about the South. 100,000 first printing.
language: English
title: On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
titlecomplete: On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
genres: Fiction, Historical, War, Civil War, Literature, Novels, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Southern, American Civil War
ratings_count: 2936
publisher: Putnam Adult