The Amanda letters
Subtitle: Civil War days on the coast of Maine
By: Courtney MacLachlan.
Publisher: Heritage Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Bowie, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: Davis, Amanda, 1847-1930 -- Correspondence.; Davis family -- Correspondence.; Women -- Maine -- History -- 19th century.; Maine -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women.; Friendship (Me.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Warren (Me. : Town) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.; Friendship (Me.) -- Biography.; Warren (Me. : Town) -- Biography.
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-231).
Forty-six letters, mostly written to Amanda Davis of Friendship, Maine between 1861 and 1866. The author has constructed a narrative connecting and amplifying the letters, which depict life in isolated coastal communities during the war years.