First lady of the Confederacy : Varina Davis's Civil War / Joan E. Cashin.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cashin, Joan E.
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Davis, Varina, > 1826-1906.
Presidents' spouses > Confederate States of America > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Biography.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Confederate States of America > Social conditions.
Davis, Jefferson, > 1808-1889 > Family.
Genre:
Biography.
Physical Description:403 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Half breed
  • Jefferson Davis
  • Flattered and courted
  • First lady
  • No matter what the danger
  • Holocausts of herself
  • Run with the rest
  • Threadbare great folks
  • Topic of the day
  • Crowd of sorrows
  • Fascinating failures
  • The girdled tree
  • Delectable city (New York City)
  • Like Martha
  • At peace.