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Secret and Sacred: The Diaries of James Henry Hammond, A Southern Slaveholder

1 review

Oxford University Press, USA, 1988

SOUTHERNER EXPOSED
THIS WONDERFUL BOOK GIVES THE READER A GOOD LOOK AT THE WORKINGS OF THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH AND ITS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE. AS GOVERNOR OF SOUTH CAROLINA WE SEE HAMMOND ADVISING HIS MASSACHUESETTS FRIEND IN CHARLSESTON FOR FACT FINDING TO LEAVE THE STATE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. THE GOV. IS UNABLE TO PROTECT HIS LIFE IF HE REMAINS. HAMMOND COMPLAINS THAT HIS WIFE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HIS INVOLVEMENT ...

Tokens of Affection: The Letters of a Planter's Daughter in the Old South (Southern Voices from the Past : ...

1 review
Maria Bryan Harford Connell

University of Georgia Press, 1996

A highly readable and entertaining antebellum diary.
Those who are disappointed by the dregs of antebellum women's diaries predominating in publishing today will find plenty to make them happy here. This book is chatty, gossipy, quite frank and revealing, yet informative; in all, a true window into the lives of two sisters. I recommend it highly as a read, however; as a $45 purchase...go see if the library has it first. -Marianna

The Hammonds of Redcliffe

1 review

University of South Carolina Press, 1997

Living history (not Hillary's version)
The true history of a Southern slaveholding family, scions of the famous "Cotton is King" Senator James Henry Hammond, told through their own letters and the excellent interpretations of Carol Bleser, pre- and post-Civil War. Just plain fascinating reading. The word, "slaveholding" may give you a shudder, but this family had its share of troubles and sorrows. On a different scale than their ...

Intimate Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives

7 reviews
Carol K. Bleser, Lesley J. Gordon

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

very insightful
Carol Bleser and Lesley Gordon did a wonderful job with this book,delving into the personal lives of several famous civil war figures, along with black and white photographs of the couples.Some of the marriages in the book include the Shermans, Grants, Lee's, Custer's , Stonewall Jacksons, and many others. With so many figures from the civil war this book gives a wonderful overview of some of the ...