Genteel Rebel
Subtitle: The Life of Mary Greenhow Lee (Southern Biography Series)
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: November 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780807129272
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: historical; c 1800 to c 1900; Lee, Mary Greenhow,; Biography/Autobiography; b. 1819; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Winchester; USA; Virginia; United States - Civil War; Historical - U.S.; Women; Historical - General; United States - State & Local - General; Biography; Winchester (Va.)
First sentence: On September 9, 1819, in Richmond, Virginia, at that time of evening when autumn competes with summer for dominance, candlelight could be seen through a few of the many windows of the large house on Capitol Street; smoke rose from the central chimney.