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A Diary from Dixie
A Diary from Dixie
A Diary from Dixie
Audiobook14 hours

A Diary from Dixie

Written by Mary Chesnut

Narrated by LibriVox Community

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Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, a well-educated South Carolina woman who was the wife of a Confederate general, kept extensive journals during the Civil War. Mrs. Chesnut moved in elite circles of Southern society and had a keen interest in politics. Her diary is both an important historic document and, due to her sharp wit and often irreverent attitude, a fascinating window into Southern society of the time. This recording is of the first published edition of the diary, edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary and compiled from Mrs. Chesnut's revisions of her original journals. (Summary by Laurie Anne Walden)

LanguageEnglish
PublisherLibriVox
Release dateAug 25, 2014
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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    There are so many personal remembrances here. It’s like having eyes in the past. Mary Chesnut gives a birds eye view to what she sees and I thank her for sharing it, as awful as some of it must have been to see and to write about.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Excellent contemporaneous portrait of life in the south during the American civil war from the wife of a confederate general. Full of surprises that challenge and a south not quite like traditional histories.