Bibliograph

Brokenburn, the journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868, edited by John Q. Anderson ; with a new introduction by Drew Gilpin Faust

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Brokenburn, the journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868, edited by John Q. Anderson ; with a new introduction by Drew Gilpin Faust

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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autobiography

Illustrations

portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Brokenburn

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

32875266

Responsibility statement

edited by John Q. Anderson ; with a new introduction by Drew Gilpin Faust

Series statement

Library of Southern civilization

Sub title

the journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868

Summary

"This journal records the Civil War experiences of a sensitive, well-educated, young southern woman. Kate Stone was twenty when the war began, living with her widowed mother, five brothers, and younger sister at Brokenburn, their plantation home in northeastern Louisiana. When Grant moved against Vicksburg, the family fled before the invading armies, eventually found refuge in Texas, and finally returned to a devastated home. Kate began her journal in May, 1861, and made regular entries up to November, 1865. She included briefer sketches in 1867 and 1868. In chronicling her everyday activities, Kate reveals much about a way of life that is no more: books read, plantation management and crops, maintaining slaves in the antebellum period, the attitude and conduct of slaves during the war, the fate of refugees, and civilian morale. Without pretense and with almost photographic clarity, she portrays the South during its darkest hours."--P. [4] of cover

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Journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868

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