The Private Mary Chestnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries (Galaxy Book)

The Private Mary Chestnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries (Galaxy Book)

by C. Vann Woodward (Author), Elisabeth Muhlenfeld (Author)

Synopsis

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian C. Vann Woodward and Chestnut's biographer Elisabeth Muhlenfeld present here the previously unpublished Civil War diaries of Mary Boykin Chestnut. Intimate and spontaneous, these surviving wartime diaries are preserved in their original form.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 322
Edition: Revised ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
Published: 01 Jan 1984

ISBN 10: 0195035135
ISBN 13: 9780195035131

Media Reviews
Now all those interested in American history can fully recapture one of the most illuminating figures in our past...an indispensable, expertly edited volume. --William W. Freehling, The Johns Hopkins University
This highly personal record has more historical substance than can be found in many textbooks. --Henry Nash Smith
Woodward and Muhlenfeld present a meticulously edited volume....The result is an extremely clean and easily readable text. --Journal of Southern History
The wealth of experience that [Woodward and Muhlenfeld] brought to this formidable task has predictably resulted in a first-rate contribution to Civil War literature. --Louisiana History
Chesnut's diaries have genuine intrinsic value as a source of information about the wartime South. Furthermore...they mirror her very soul! --The Centennial Review
[Chesnut] was a witty, intelligent woman....She combined devotion to the Confederate cause with an utter detestation of slavery....What survives of a much longer original text is presented in this well-annotated edition. --The Atlantic
At long last scholars have the Chesnut diaries as they were originally written, an indispensable adjunct to Woodward's magnificent edition of her expanded journal....The exhaustive editing and insightful preface make this book essential for specialists. --Library Journal
Her surviving original diaries, more personal, intimate and spontaneous...are essential to an appreciation of the most famous Southern literary insight on the Civil War experience. --Journal of American History


Now all those interested in American history can fully recapture one of the most illuminating figures in our past...an indispensable, expertly edited volume. --William W. Freehling, The Johns Hopkins University
This highly personal record has more historical substance than can be found in many textbooks. --Henry Nash Smith
Woodward and Muhlenfeld present a meticulously edited volume....The result is an extremely clean and easily readable text. --Journal of Southern History
The wealth of experience that [Woodward and Muhlenfeld] brought to this formidable task has predictably resulted in a first-rate contribution to Civil War literature. --Louisiana History
Chesnut's diaries have genuine intrinsic value as a source of information about the wartime South. Furthermore...they mirror her very soul! --The Centennial Review
[Chesnut] was a witty, intelligent woman....She combined devotion to the Confederate cause with an utter detestation of slavery....What survives of a much longer original text is presented in this well-annotated edition. --The Atlantic
At long last scholars have the Chesnut diaries as they were originally written, an indispensable adjunct to Woodward's magnificent edition of her expanded journal....The exhaustive editing and insightful preface make this book essential for specialists. --Library Journal
Her surviving original diaries, more personal, intimate and spontaneous...are essential to an appreciation of the most famous Southern literary insight on the Civil War experience. --Journal of American History

Now all those interested in American history can fully recapture one of the most illuminating figures in our past...an indispensable, expertly edited volume. --William W. Freehling, The Johns Hopkins University
This highly personal record has more historical substance than can be found in many textbooks. --Henry Nash Smith
Woodward and Muhlenfeld present a meticulously edited volume....The result is an extremely clean and easily readable text. --Journal of Southern History
The wealth of experience that [Woodward and Muhlenfeld] brought to this formidable task has predictably resulted in a first-rate contribution to Civil War literature. --Louisiana History
Chesnut's diaries have genuine intrinsic value as a source of information about the wartime South. Furthermore...they mirror her very soul! --The Centennial Review
[Chesnut] was a witty, intelligent woman....She combined devotion to the Confederate cause with an utter detestation of slavery....What survives of a much longer original text is presented in this well-annotated edition. --The Atlantic
At long last scholars have the Chesnut diaries as they were originally written, an indispensable adjunct to Woodward's magnificent edition of her expanded journal....The exhaustive editing and insightful preface make this book essential for specialists. --Library Journal
Her surviving original diaries, more personal, intimate and spontaneous...are essential to an appreciation of the most famous Southern literary insight on the Civil War experience. --Journal of American History


Now all those interested in American history can fully recapture one of the most illuminating figures in our past...an indispensable, expertly edited volume. --William W. Freehling, The Johns Hopkins University


This highly personal record has more historical substance than can be found in many textbooks. --Henry Nash Smith


Woodward and Muhlenfeld present a meticulously edited volume....The result is an extremely clean and easily readable text. --Journal of Southern History


The wealth of experience that [Woodward and Muhlenfeld] brought to this formidable task has predictably resulted in a first-rate contribution to Civil War literature. --Louisiana History


Chesnut's diaries have genuine intrinsic value as a source of information about the wartime South. Furthermore...they mirror her very soul! --The Centennial Review


[Chesnut] was a witty, intelligent woman....She combined devotion to the Confederate cause with an utter detestation of slavery....What survives of a much longer original text is presented in this well-annotated edition. --The Atlantic


At long last scholars have the Chesnut diaries as they were originally written, an indispensable adjunct to Woodward's magnificent edition of her expanded journal....The exhaustive editing and insightful preface make this book essential for specialists. --Library Journal


Her surviving original diaries, more personal, intimate and spontaneous...are essential to an appreciation of the most famous Southern literary insight on the Civil War experience. --Journal of American History




Now all those interested in American history can fully recapture one of the most illuminating figures in our past...[A]n indispensable, expertly edited volume. --William W. Freehling, The Johns Hopkins University


This highly personal record has more historical substance than can be found in many textbooks. --Henry Nash Smith


Woodward and Muhlenfeld present a meticulously edited volume....The result is an extremely clean and easily readable text. --Journal of Southern History


The wealth of experience that [Woodward and Muhlenfeld] brought to this formidable task has predictably resulted in a first-rate contribution to Civil War literature. --Louisiana History


Chesnut's diaries have genuine intrinsic value as a source of information about the wartime South. Furthermore...they mirror her very soul! --The Centennial Review


[Chesnut] was a witty, intelligent woman....She combined devotion to the Confederate cause with an utter detestation of slavery....What survives of a much longer original text is presented in this well-annotated edition. --The Atlantic


At long last scholars have the Chesnut diaries as they were originally written, an indispensable adjunct to Woodward's magnificent edition of her expanded journal....The exhaustive editing and insightful preface make this book essential for specialists. --Library Journal


Her surviving original diaries, more personal, intimate and spontaneous...are essential to an appreciation of the most famous Southern literary insight on the Civil War experience. --Journal of American History