A Diary from Dixie
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (738 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B072JG3ZWL |
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| Number of Pages | : | 556 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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History on Parade To get the full value of this book you probably need to be a historian. I'm only about 1/History on Parade Carolyn Overton To get the full value of this book you probably need to be a historian. I'm only about 1/4 of the way through it, but it is full of footnotes on nearly every page about who she is spending time with, nearly all of which are people of importance at that time; fascinating for anyone living in her area. There are parts that are difficult to understand because of the vernacular used which is unfamiliar to me, yet the basic history, the events, and the attitudes of the time that she imparts is why I'm reading it and I could be more fascinated or curious. I feel like I n. of the way through it, but it is full of footnotes on nearly every page about who she is spending time with, nearly all of which are people of importance at that time; fascinating for anyone living in her area. There are parts that are difficult to understand because of the vernacular used which is unfamiliar to me, yet the basic history, the events, and the attitudes of the time that she imparts is why I'm reading it and I could be more fascinated or curious. I feel like I n. Stephen Siciliano said A highwayscribery Book Report. If the Confederacy had survived Lincoln's invasion, Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut might be a household name in the literary world.And that's pretty good when one considers that her oeuvre was written without the slightest whiff of literary pretension or ambition.highwayscribery is not sure if a deep interest in the Civil War, from the southern side of things, is necessary for her scribbling prowess to impress. But if it's there, "A Diary from Dixie" is for you.Chesnut was well-positioned to chronicle Dixie's misery both as a South Carolina lady intimate with Jefferson. Some of the best parts are the little I've read a lot from the Northern perspective but this is the first from the Southern. If you have an imagination, it's not hard to picture yourself in her world because her descriptions are so vivid. Some of the best parts are the little, gossipy tidbits (someone was asked to play "Yankee Doodle" without the "Yankee") but it's very suspenseful too as loses her fortune and moves from one city to the next, relying on the kindness of friends and strangers. She's very likable although completely oblivious to her own racism. She and her "servant" stop at a rest stop wh
If, when water is thrown on them they do not sizzle, they won't do; their patriotism is too cool.". It focuses on the daily lives and hardships of all who suffered through the war, from ordinary people to the Confederacy's generals and political elite. Mary Chesnut's prose has lost none of its provocative bite through the ages: "I think incompatibility of temper began when it was made plain to us that we get all the opprobrium of slavery while they, with their tariff, get the money there is in it." Nor any of its ironic sense of humor: "We try our soldiers to see if they are hot enough before we enlist them. This is the original diary of the wife of Confederate General James Chesnut, Jr., who was an aide to President Jefferson Davis. It is a fascinating narrative of all the years of the American Civil War