Civil War wives
Subtitle: the lives and times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant
By: Carol Berkin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 361
ISBN-13: 9781400044467
Subjects: Grimké, Angelina Emily, -- 1805-1879; Grimké, Angelina Emily, -- 1805-1879 -- Marriage; Davis, Varina, -- 1826-1906; Davis, Varina, -- 1826-1906 -- Marriage; Grant, Julia Dent, -- 1826-1902; Grant, Julia Dent, -- 1826-1902 -- Marriage; Women -- United States -- Biography; Wives -- United States -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: In the life stories of three "accidental heroes"--Women whose marriages provided them with position and perspective they would not otherwise have had--one of the nation's premier historians offers a unique understanding of the tumultuous social and political landscape of their time.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.