Selasa, 21 Februari 2017

‘Every thing seems so dark…’: Diary of a Confederate Woman

War shattered Judith McGuire’s comfortable lifestyle. WOMEN’S DIARIES offer some of the richest firsthand perspectives of the war. One of the best is Judith Brockenbrough McGuire’s Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War. McGuire was 48 when the war began, married to a widower Rev. John McGuire, and stepmother to his five children. The …

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