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Winnie Davis : daughter of the lost cause / Heath Hardage Lee ; foreword by J.E.B. Stuart IV ; epilogue coauthored by Bertram Hayes-Davis

Author
Lee, Heath Hardage
Published
Lincoln, NE : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
Physical Description
xiii, 214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Contents
A tragic fall -- My name is a heritage of woe -- Escape, capture, and Fort Monroe -- A fatal romance -- Scandal and sickness -- Boarding school blues and the Dorsey dilemma -- Yellow fever -- Portrait of a lady -- Daughter of the Confederacy -- Life in a fishbowl -- I will never consent! -- Engagement issues -- Italian idyll -- Dear diary -- A world on fire -- Queen of a mystic court -- New York, new woman -- The last casualty of the lost cause -- Death and maiden -- Epilogue: the great-great-grandson of the Confederacy and the daughter of New York.
Summary
Chronicles the life of the daughter of Jefferson Davis who was christened the "Daughter of the Confederacy" and provided hope to a war-weary South, until a series of controversies placed her at odds with her supporters.
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ISBN
9781612346373 (cloth : alk. paper)
1612346375 (cloth : alk. paper)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-205) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Purchased with funds from the Warren W. Hassler Civil War Era Libraries Collections Endowment; 2014
Endowment Note
Warren W. Hassler Civil War Era Libraries Collections Endowment
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