Heroines of Dixie: Confederate Women Tell Their Story of the War by Jones, Katharine M - 1995-01-01

NY: SmithMark, 1995. 1st Edition Thus. Hardcover_boards. Collectible - VeryGood/Near Fine. 7"x9.5". 430 pp. First printing. Green boards w/gilt letters on spine. Cover design c Irving Freeman Design Co. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Light foxing on top edge. Shelf wear to DJ. GI inside front cover. Fom Virginia to Texas, women of all backgrounds wrote dramatic firsthand accounts, mostly in diaries and letters, of what life was really like for them and their loved ones during the Civil War. Long out-of-print, Heroines of Dixie is now available again in this edition.

New York: Smithmark, 1995. hardcover. very good/very good. Illus. 430pp. 8vo, green boards, d.w. (New York): Smithmark, (1995). Very good<br/><br/>

Smithmark Publishers, New York, 1995. Reprint Edition. Originally published in 1955 by The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc. Hardcover (17 x 24 cm), xiv, 430 pages (with index). The book and dust jacket are in Good condition. Green boards with gold lettering along spine. Bumped, lightly rubbed. Rolled/creased at head & foot of spine and corners. Pages and pastedowns are tanned, heavily foxed. The dj is rolled/creased along edges, soiled, foxing. The dj is covered in an archival book cover (removable). Weight (before packaging): 330g

Smithmark Publishers, New York, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Ms Jones collected excerpts from diaries and letters written by women and girls (some as young as 10) living in the Confederate states, arranging them thematically to illustrate life and thoughts during the war.Excerpts range from personal, to daily life, to political/military history. The writers equally hit a spectrum from famous because of their deeds (Belle Boyd), famous because of their husbands (Mary Custis Lee, Varina Howell Davis) to everyday folk (albeit mainly of the planter class.) 430 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: History::American History; United States; History; ISBN: 083176676X. ISBN/EAN: 9780831766764. Inventory No: 259662. . 9780831766764