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A diary from Dixie

Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut

1949278 pagesabout 4–6 hours
1949
first published
  • 1980Harvard University Press · 572 pages · ENGISBN 9780674202900
  • 1997Gramercy Books · 424 pages · ENGISBN 9780517182666
  • 2006Barnes & Noble · 426 pages · ENGISBN 9780760779033
  • 2011Penguin Books · 352 pages · ENGISBN 9780143106067
  • 2019Digireads.com Publishing · 278 pagesISBN 9781420965575
  • 2003Harvard University Press · 608 pages · ENGISBN 9780674202917
  • 2018Franklin Classics Trade Press · 484 pagesISBN 9780344859618
  • 2018Franklin Classics · 484 pagesISBN 9780342815227
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In her diary, Mary Boykin Chesnut, the wife of a Confederate general and aid to president Jefferson Davis, James Chestnut, Jr., presents an eyewitness account of the Civil War.

Worth knowing

ViolenceFrequent

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ThemesWarClass

Content notes

  • Warmoderateunreviewed
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