Mary's World: Love, War, and Family Ties in Nineteenth-century Charleston
"...offers the reader an unparalleled window into the mind and heart of one of South Carolina's most interesting women."   --George C. Rogers, Jr., Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of South Carolina"Mary's World is an amazingly rich and detailed portrait of the 19th-century South. What an extraordinary mother Mary Pringle was!!"   --Janet Woodard. historical researcher"Mary's World: Love, War, and Family Ties in Nineteenth-century Charleston" is another Côté masterpiece.  --The Beaufort (S.C.) Gazette, February 9, 2003"Mary's world is chronicled in rich detail thanks to an astonishing assemblage of original materials."   --Mary M. Giles, Archivist, Diocese of Charleston"Mary’s World is a moving chronicle of life in antebellum Charleston, during the Civil War, and in the Reconstruction era." --Frommer’s Portable Charleston (Frommer’s Guides, 2003)"Talk about versatile!  What links ['Mary's World' and 'The Redneck Riviera'] is a sympathy for women in crisis." --Ben Steelman, The Wilmington, N.C. Star-News, November 8, 2001Côté has taken Mary Pringle’s letters and diaries and has put them together in a marvelous new way. --Dick Estell, National Public Radio'sCôté quotes Mary Pringle extensively but also provides comment and context for what she has to say. --Reference and Research Book News, August 2001Handsomely illustrated...  A strong and useful book, providing fresh details of a fascinating story that is well worth telling. --Laylon Wayne Jordan, South Carolina Historical Magazine, July 2001Readers interested in the fortunes of antebellum Charleston society will enjoy this meticulous study. --CHOICE: Current Reviews For Academic Libraries, November 2001