Few readers of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind remained unmoved by how the strong-willed Scarlett O'Hara tried to rebuild Tara after the Civil War ended. This book examines the problems that Southern women faced during the Reconstruction Era; in Part I as mothers; wives; daughters or sisters of men burdened with financial difficulties and the radical Republican regime; and in Part II with specific illustrations of their tribulations through the letters and diaries of five different women. A lonely widow with young children; Sally Randle Perry is struggling to get her life back together; following the death of her husband in the war. Virginia Caroline Smith Aiken; a wife and mother; born into affluence and security; struggles to emerge from the financial and psychological problems of the postwar world. Susan Darden; also a wife and mother; details the uncertainties and frustrations of her life in Fayette; Mississippi. Jo Gillis tells the sad tale of a young mother straining to cope with the depressed circumstances enveloping most ministers in the aftermath of the war. As the wife of a Methodist Episcopal minister in the Alabama Conference she sacrifices herself into an early grave in an attempt to further her husband's career. Inability to collect a debt three times that of the $10;000 debt her father owed brought Anna Clayton Logan; her eleven brothers and sisters; and her parents face-to-face with starvation.
#206801 in Books Castle Books 2008-05-15Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.50 x 1.20 x 6.50l; 1.16 #File Name: 0785819924220 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. THEY WERE BOTH EXCELLENT WRITERS AND SPEAKERS AND THEY SHARED MUCH WITH THEIR ...By Sarah Wurm RossiMY SON; KYLE; IS FASCINATED WITH WORLD WAR II...... MY FATHER SERVED IN ENGLAND DURING WWII. AND SO DID MY MOTHER; WHO BECAME HIS ENGLISH WARBRIDE. THEY WERE BOTH EXCELLENT WRITERS AND SPEAKERS AND THEY SHARED MUCH WITH THEIR GRANDSON; KYLE! I GARNERING AS MUCH INFO AS I CAN TO PASS ON TO KYLE GROVER........THANK YOU SO MUCH.........SARAH WURM ROSSI HAPPY CHRISTMAS1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. For the know-it-all who really doesn't know it all!!By karibkittyMy husband loves anything WWII. He has all the movies and so many books that it is getting hard to find something he doesn't have. I purchased this book for him for Christmas and he has not put it down yet. I never thought I'd see the day; but this book actually contains things that he did not know about WWII. Score one for me!!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not "Bizarre;" but Good Stories!By H. RothThis book is definitely an interesting read. I wouldn't call the stories "bizarre;" but they are definitely captivating. I really like that each story is only about a page or so long so I can pick it up when I only have a few moments and learn a valuable tidbit of information. My 14 year old son also enjoys the book. Definitely worth reading.
