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Daydreams and Nightmares: A Virginia Family Faces Secession and War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)
Brent Tarter
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Description for Daydreams and Nightmares: A Virginia Family Faces Secession and War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)
Hardcover. Series: A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: BJ; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
The story of secession—the prelude to perhaps the most dramatic chapter in American history—has typically been told on a grand scale. In Daydreams and Nightmares, historian Brent Tarter uses a smaller, more intimate lens, sharing the story of one Virginia family who found themselves in the middle of the secession debate and saw their world torn apart as the states chose sides and went to war.
George Berlin was elected to serve as a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1861 as an opponent of secession, but he ultimately changed his vote, later defending his decision in a speech ... Read more
The story of secession—the prelude to perhaps the most dramatic chapter in American history—has typically been told on a grand scale. In Daydreams and Nightmares, historian Brent Tarter uses a smaller, more intimate lens, sharing the story of one Virginia family who found themselves in the middle of the secession debate and saw their world torn apart as the states chose sides and went to war.
George Berlin was elected to serve as a delegate to the Virginia Convention of 1861 as an opponent of secession, but he ultimately changed his vote, later defending his decision in a speech ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813937090
SKU
V9780813937090
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About Brent Tarter
Brent Tarter is a founding editor of the Library of Virginia’s Dictionary of Virginia Biography and the author of The Grandees of Government: The Origins and Persistence of Undemocratic Politics in Virginia (Virginia).
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