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Description edit
In Joy and in Sorrow brings together some of the finest historians of the South in a sweeping exploration of the meaning of the family in this troubled region. In their vast canvas of the Victorian South, the authors explore the private lives of Senators, wealthy planters, and the belles of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Josiah Gorgas: Add a description of this character.
- Willie
- Gertrude Thomas
- Amelia
- Sarah Gayle
- Clement
- Catherine Ann Warfield
- Clay
- Henry
- Louisa
- Margaret
- Walker Percy
- Thomases
- Jessie
- Bouverie
- Ruffin
- Johnson
- John Gayle
- Anne
- Bayne
- Mamie
- Ralph
- Armaci
- Emma
- Camilla
- Mrs. Hill
- Will Percy
- Jefferson Thomas
- Jefferson Davis
- Martha Mcculloch-williams
- Lilian
- Matt
- Turner Clanton
- Eleanor
- Sarah Haynsworth
- Palmer
- Smith
- Woodson
- Elizabeth Fox-genovese
- Richard
- Charles Percy
Setting & Locations edit
- Virginia
- South Carolina
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Charleston
- Mississippi
- Huntsville
- North Carolina
- Washington
- England
- Richmond
- New York
- United States
- Louisiana
- Texas
- Tennessee
- Augusta
- America
- Philadelphia
- Sewanee
- Tuscaloosa
- Natchez
- Brierfield
- Europe
- Arkansas
- West Point
- Florida
- Atlanta
- Greensboro
- Macon
- Maryland
- Petersburg
- New Orleans
- London
- Kentucky
- Holtzclaw
- Old South
- Russia
- Canada
- N.c.
First Sentence edit
"WRITING IS a delightful invention," Margaret Izard Manigault wrote in 1811, . . . and the security which a little wafer affords to an intercourse of the most secret kind is a striking instance of the advantage of civilization.
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0195060474
Page Count: 382
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0195060474
Page Count: 382
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 976
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › South
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War › Women
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century
- Books › Nonfiction › Women's Studies › History
- Books › Health, Mind & Body › Psychology & Counseling
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