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Title: Mary Chesnut's Civil War by C.V. Woodward, Mary B. Chestnut, Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut ISBN: 0-300-02459-2 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: July, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A good way to immerse yourself in the time
Comment: I found the reading of this Pulitzer-prize-winning book an excellent way to seem to live in South Carolina and Virginia during the Civil War. I have no Southern background, and have always been pleased the Civil War turned out as it did, but his book gives some insight into the thinking of the secessionists and Southerners in the time of the War. The book is excellently edited, and the literary footnotes are a big help to see what the intelligent Southerner was reading during the war. Now I would like to read a biography of Mrs. Chesnut or of her husband. (The frank tension between Mary and her husband is an interesting sidelight to the main story of the diary.)
Rating: 5
Summary: Detailed, but worth it!
Comment: The 1982 Pulitzer prize winner in history, Mary Chesnut's Civil War is a heavily footnoted look at the social and political climate in South Carolina from 1861-1865. Because Mrs. Chesnut was the wife of a prominent politician of the day, she had communication with many famous political figures, such as Varina Davis, the wife of Jefferson Davis (the President of the Confederacy.) This book is worth reading cover to cover because of the personal commentary of Mrs. Chesnut about the War between the States, and also her observations on what was being said by others and in the media, nearly on a daily basis. Mr. Woodward's extensive footnotes help the modern day reader to grasp literary references and differences in language made by Mrs. Chesnut, and also aid in the identification of all the personalities she includes in her observations.
Although not unbiased, Mrs. Chesnut makes an attempt to be more objective than subjective and sees her writings as a possible important part of history in the future. One gets a great sense of a real person--someone who shows hope one day, despair the next.
History and Civil War enthusiasts will enjoy this poignant and truthful look on Southern morals, everyday life and behind-the-scenes political observations. Although it is hard to stay focused on at times because of less relevant information, there are many nuggets of valuable observations that make this book worth reading.
Another interesting look at the Southern point of view is Sarah Morgan: Civil War Diary of a Southern Woman.
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Title: The Private Mary Chesnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries by Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, C. Vann Woodward, El Muhlenfeld, Elisabeth Muhlenfeld ISBN: 0195035135 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 1984 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Diary from Dixie by Mary Chesnut ISBN: 0517182661 Publisher: Gramercy Pub. Date: 25 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: Sarah Morgan: The Civil War Diary of a Southern Woman by Charles East, Sarah Morgan, Sarah Morgan Dawson ISBN: 0671785036 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: October, 1992 List Price(USD): $17.00 |
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Title: Mary Boykin Chesnut: A Biography (Southern Biography Series) by Elisabeth Muhlenfeld, C. Vann Woodward ISBN: 0807118044 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: September, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: All for the Union : The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes by Elisha Hunt Rhodes ISBN: 0679738282 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 28 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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