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Devotion: A novel based on the life of Winnie Davis, Daughter of the Confederacy
Julia Oliver
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Description for Devotion: A novel based on the life of Winnie Davis, Daughter of the Confederacy
Paperback. Re-creates the life of Varina Anne (Winnie) Davis, the youngest child of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. This book measures the massive weight of memory on individuals caught up in the sweep of history. Num Pages: 224 pages, frontispiece. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Devotion re-creates the life of Varina Anne (Winnie) Davis, the youngest child of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. Winnie was not quite a year old when the family fled the Rebel stronghold of Richmond as the Civil War was ending. Twenty-one years later, Winnie was catapulted into a celebrity she did not seek. As the officially proclaimed Daughter of the Confederacy, she was presented with great fanfare at large conventions of Confederate veterans from Texas to Virginia.From Julia Oliver's portrayal of this ambivalent torchbearer for the Lost Cause emerges a young woman whose conflicted existence reflects ... Read more
Devotion re-creates the life of Varina Anne (Winnie) Davis, the youngest child of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America. Winnie was not quite a year old when the family fled the Rebel stronghold of Richmond as the Civil War was ending. Twenty-one years later, Winnie was catapulted into a celebrity she did not seek. As the officially proclaimed Daughter of the Confederacy, she was presented with great fanfare at large conventions of Confederate veterans from Texas to Virginia.From Julia Oliver's portrayal of this ambivalent torchbearer for the Lost Cause emerges a young woman whose conflicted existence reflects ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820332048
SKU
V9780820332048
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Reviews for Devotion: A novel based on the life of Winnie Davis, Daughter of the Confederacy
An elegant, poetic, and deeply moving tribute to the Davis family, and especially to the long-neglected women of that tragic clan. - Howard Bahr, author of The Judas Field