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A Belle of the Fifties / Virginia Clay-Clopton

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: ENG Publication details: Lector House , 2021. NewDelhi:Edition: 1st editionDescription: xxi,269 pagesISBN:
  • 9789357981323
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 975.02 CLA
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Reference Reference Kalaignar Centenary Library Madurai ENGLISH-REFERENCE BOOKS நான்காம் தளம் / Fourth floor 975.02 CLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 204005

This reissue of what has long been considered one of the finest female memoirs of the 19th-century South will provide a new generation of readers with a revealing and unusual perspective on the Civil War era. The author was born into the slaveholding elite and frequented the inner circles of Washington and Confederate Richmond. She later became a leader of the women's suffrage movement. Includes a 1999 introduction and annotations, plus b & w photos and portraits of key figures. Originally published in 1905 by Doubleday, Page and Company.

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