Blood & Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937During the Civil War, its devastating aftermath, and the decades following, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining varied historical and literary sources, Sarah Gardner argues that women served a |
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Margaret Junkin Preston, Poet of the Confederacy: A Literary Life Stacey Jean Klein Limited preview - 2007 |
Reconstructing American Historical Cinema: From Cimarron to Citizen Kane J.E. Smyth No preview available - 2006 |