Margaret Junkin Preston
Subtitle: a biography
By: Mary Price Coulling.
Publisher: John F. Blair
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Winston-Salem, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Preston, Margaret Junkin, 1820-1897.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 19th century.; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography.; Lexington (Va.) -- Biography.
Description: Personal recollections of the Federal occupation of Lexington, Va., of wartime tragedies, and of the pervasive horror, blood, and havoc of battle make this a compelling biography for readers seeking to understand the effects of the Civil War on a sensitive woman.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [248]-264) and index.