PDF Rose Cottage Chronicles: Civil War Letters of the Bryant-Stephens Families of North Florida by From Brand: University Press of Florida in History

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Rose Cottage ChroniclesBy Margaret N. WindleyThis is about some of my relatives on my father's side of the family. My grandmother told me the basic story when I was growing up. I gave a copy of the book to my uncle (father's brother). My uncle would have heard the story too when he was growing up. Winston and Octavia Stephens were my great-grandmother's cousins. My great-grandmother and great- grandfather are mentioned in the book. They were Rev. and Mrs. Richard McKendree Tydings.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I enjoyed reading the letters very much and of ourse the ...By Janice KavalI enjoyed reading the letters very much and of ourse the content was excellent. Knowing Ann Lainhart made it even better.11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Scarlett and Rhett- meet Tivie and Winston!!!!!By A CustomerBased on over 1000 letters still surviving from over 135 years ago. What we are given is a window through which we can look at life as it was for a young married couple almost 140 years ago. We share their joy and delight at their marriage; we rejoice at the birth of their first child. We share their pain and longing as the war separates them. We feel the terror and the horror of a young woman as the Yankees approach her home. We share her anguish as she learns of the death of her beloved husband. Seldom have I read a book that transported me so completely to another time and place as Rose Cottage Chronicles did- one feels like you are there peering over their shoulders as they struggle to survive the hardships caused by the Civil War. For its painstaking attention to detail;its historical accuracy; and its readability; this book is a TREASURE!! Anyone with an interest in the Civil War or what daily life was like back then would enjoy reading Rose Cottage Chronicles.