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Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause by Lee, Heath Hardage
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Like New
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 1 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
- No
- ISBN
- 1612346375
- Book Title
- Winnie Davis : Daughter of the Lost Cause
- Publisher
- Potomac Books, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, History
- Topic
- Women, United States / 19th Century, Historical
- Item Weight
- 0 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 248 Pages
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Publisher
Potomac Books, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1612346375
ISBN-13
9781612346373
eBay Product ID (ePID)
175731777
Product Key Features
Book Title
Winnie Davis : Daughter of the Lost Cause
Number of Pages
248 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2014
Topic
Women, United States / 19th Century, Historical
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight
0 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2014-001161
Reviews
"Heath Hardage Lee has captured thoroughly the tale of the shy unassuming [Winnie Davis] who was involuntarily thrust into a role as an icon for the defeated South." --James McGrath Morris, author of Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power, "Heath Hardage Lee does a masterful job of introducing the world to Winnie Davis, one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. . . . A terrific story, beautifully told." -Ellen F. Brown, author of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood, "Lee makes the most of Davis' brief life and accomplishments by grounding her subject firmly in historical context." --Margaret Flanagan, Booklist, "Heath Hardage Lee does a masterful job of introducing the world to Winnie Davis, one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. . . . A terrific story, beautifully told."-Ellen F. Brown, author of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind : A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood, "Heath Hardage Lee does a masterful job of introducing the world to Winnie Davis, one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. . . . A terrific story, beautifully told." --Ellen F. Brown, author of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind: A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood, "Heath Lee has produced an engrossing, fast-paced account of one young woman's brush with a celebrity that she was unable to renounce." --Jane Turner Censer, Virginia Magazine, "Heath Hardage Lee does a masterful job of introducing the world to Winnie Davis, one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. . . . A terrific story, beautifully told."--Ellen F. Brown, author of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind : A Bestseller's Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood, "Heath Lee has produced an engrossing, fast-paced account of one young woman's brush with a celebrity that she was unable to renounce."--Jane Turner Censer, Virginia Magazine, "Can there be any major Civil War story that we haven't heard? The answer is, yes! Here comes Heath Lee with the fascinating-and surprising-life of Varina Anne 'Winnie' Davis. . . . Clear, strong writing brings the history, mores, and manners of the day brilliantly to life." -Lee Smith, author of Guests on Earth and Fair and Tender Ladies, "Heath Hardage Lee has captured thoroughly the tale of the shy unassuming [Winnie Davis] who was involuntarily thrust into a role as an icon for the defeated South." -James McGrath Morris, author of Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power, "Heath Lee has written a beautiful and thoughtful biography of Winnie Davis. . . . This is, in a sense, a biography of America in the aftermath of a civil war as much as it is a captivating story of a young woman who struggled to preserve her individuality when others elevated her to an icon." -Carol Berkin, author of Civil War Wives and Wondrous Beauty, "A fascinating story of a woman who sought to reconcile her own family history with her own beliefs in the virtues of tolerance, Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause is highly recommended especially for personal and public library biography collections."- Midwest Book Review, "Heath Lee has written a beautiful and thoughtful biography of Winnie Davis. . . . This is, in a sense, a biography of America in the aftermath of a civil war as much as it is a captivating story of a young woman who struggled to preserve her individuality when others elevated her to an icon."--Carol Berkin, author of Civil War Wives and Wondrous Beauty, "Heath Lee has produced an engrossing, fast-paced account of one young woman's brush with a celebrity that she was unable to renounce."-Jane Turner Censer, Virginia Magazine, "Can there be any major Civil War story that we haven't heard? The answer is, yes! Here comes Heath Lee with the fascinating--and surprising--life of Varina Anne 'Winnie' Davis. . . . Clear, strong writing brings the history, mores, and manners of the day brilliantly to life."--Lee Smith, author of Guests on Earth and Fair and Tender Ladies, "Lee makes the most of Davis' brief life and accomplishments by grounding her subject firmly in historical context."-Margaret Flanagan, Booklist, "Heath Lee has written a beautiful and thoughtful biography of Winnie Davis. . . . This is, in a sense, a biography of America in the aftermath of a civil war as much as it is a captivating story of a young woman who struggled to preserve her individuality when others elevated her to an icon." --Carol Berkin, author of Civil War Wives and Wondrous Beauty, "Heath Lee tells this tale with simple elegance and matter-of-fact sensitivity. She makes you understand that neither of Winnie Davis's two worlds--the languor of the Mississippi Gulf Coast or the hustle of downtown New York--would ever bring her peace." --Guy Gugliotta, author of Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War, "Heath Lee has written a beautiful and thoughtful biography of Winnie Davis. . . . This is, in a sense, a biography of America in the aftermath of a civil war as much as it is a captivating story of a young woman who struggled to preserve her individuality when others elevated her to an icon."-Carol Berkin, author of Civil War Wives and Wondrous Beauty , "Lee makes the most of Davis' brief life and accomplishments by grounding her subject firmly in historical context."--Margaret Flanagan, Booklist, "Heath Lee tells this tale with simple elegance and matter-of-fact sensitivity. She makes you understand that neither of Winnie Davis's two worlds--the languor of the Mississippi Gulf Coast or the hustle of downtown New York--would ever bring her peace."--Guy Gugliotta, author of Freedom's Cap: The United States Capitol and the Coming of the Civil War, "[Lee's] recurring use of loss as a unifying theme effectively engages the reader and places Winnie Davis firmly within the context of both her family and the Lost Cause."--Casey O. Shellman, Journal of Southern History, "A fascinating story of a woman who sought to reconcile her own family history with her own beliefs in the virtues of tolerance, Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause is highly recommended especially for personal and public library biography collections." -- Midwest Book Review, "Can there be any major Civil War story that we haven't heard? The answer is, yes! Here comes Heath Lee with the fascinating--and surprising--life of Varina Anne 'Winnie' Davis. . . . Clear, strong writing brings the history, mores, and manners of the day brilliantly to life." --Lee Smith, author of Guests on Earth and Fair and Tender Ladies, "Heath Hardage Lee has captured thoroughly the tale of the shy, unassuming [Winnie Davis] who was involuntarily thrust into a role as an icon for the defeated South."--James McGrath Morris, author of Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power, "Can there be any major Civil War story that we haven't heard? The answer is, yes! Here comes Heath Lee with the fascinating-and surprising-life of Varina Anne 'Winnie' Davis. . . . Clear, strong writing brings the history, mores, and manners of the day brilliantly to life."-Lee Smith, author of Guests on Earth and Fair and Tender Ladies
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
973.713092 B
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations 000 Foreword 000 by J.E.B. Stuart IV Preface 000 Acknowledgments 000 Introduction 000 1. A Tragic Fall 000 2. My Name Is a Heritage of Woe 000 3. Escape, Capture, and Fort Monroe 000 4. A Fatal Romance 000 5. Scandal and Sickness 000 6. Boarding School Blues and the Dorsey Dilemma 000 7. Yellow Fever 000 8. Portrait of a Lady 000 9. Daughter of the Confederacy 000 10. Life in a Fishbowl 000 11. I Will Never Consent! 000 12. Engagement Issues 000 13. Italian Idyll 000 14. Dear Diary 000 15. A World on Fire 000 16. Queen of a Mystic Court 000 17. New York, New Woman 000 18. The Last Casualty of the Lost Cause 000 19. Death and Maiden 000 Epilogue: The Great-Great-Grandson of the Confederacy and the Daughter of New York 000 coauthored by Bertram Hayes-Davis Notes 000 Bibliography 000
Synopsis
Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis was born into a war-torn South in June of 1864, the youngest daughter of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his second wife, Varina Howell Davis. Born only a month after the death of beloved Confederate hero general J.E.B. Stuart during a string of Confederate victories, Winnie's birth was hailed as a blessing by war-weary Southerners. They felt her arrival was a good omen signifying future victory. But after the Confederacy's ultimate defeat in the Civil War, Winnie would spend her early life as a genteel refugee and an expatriate abroad. After returning to the South from German boarding school, Winnie was christened the "Daughter of the Confederacy" in 1886. This role was bestowed upon her by a Southern culture trying to sublimate its war losses. Particularly idolized by Confederate veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winnie became an icon of the Lost Cause, eclipsing even her father Jefferson in popularity. Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause is the first published biography of this little-known woman who unwittingly became the symbolic female figure of the defeated South. Her controversial engagement in 1890 to a Northerner lawyer whose grandfather was a famous abolitionist, and her later move to work as a writer in New York City, shocked her friends, family, and the Southern groups who worshipped her. Faced with the pressures of a community who violently rejected the match, Winnie desperately attempted to reconcile her prominent Old South history with her personal desire for tolerance and acceptance of her personal choices., Winner of the Colonial Dames of America Book Prize Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis was born into a war-torn South in June of 1864, the youngest daughter of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his second wife, Varina Howell Davis. Occurring only a month after the death of beloved Confederate hero general J.E.B. Stuart during a string of Confederate victories, Winnie's birth was hailed as an omen of victory by war-weary Southerners. But after the Confederacy's ultimate defeat, Winnie would spend her early life as a genteel refugee and expatriate abroad. After returning to the South from German boarding school, Winnie was christened the "Daughter of the Confederacy" in 1886. For Confederate veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winnie became an icon of the Lost Cause, eclipsing even her father. Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause is the first published biography of this little-known woman who unwittingly became the female symbol of the defeated South. Winnie's controversial engagement in 1890 to a Northerner lawyer whose grandfather was a famous abolitionist and her later move to work as a writer in New York City shocked her friends, family, and the Southern groups who worshiped her. Faced with the pressures of a community that violently rejected the match, Winnie desperately attempted to reconcile her prominent Old South history with her personal desire for tolerance., Varina Anne "Winnie" Davis was born into a war-torn South in June of 1864, the youngest daughter of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his second wife, Varina Howell Davis. Particularly idolized by Confederate veterans and the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Winnie became an icon of the Lost Cause. This is the first published biography of this little-known woman who unwittingly became the symbolic female figure of the defeated South.
LC Classification Number
E467.1.D28L44 2014
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