Author: Nannie Haskins Williams
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 162190038X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
In 1863, while living in Clarksville, Tennessee, Martha Ann Haskins, known to friends and family as Nannie, began a diary. This document provides valuable insights into the conditions in occupied Middle Tennessee. A young, elite Confederate sympathizer, Nannie was on the cusp of adulthood with the expectation of becoming a mistress in a slaveholding society. The war ended this prospect, and her life was forever changed. Though this is the first time the diaries have been published in full, they are well known among Civil War scholars, and voice-overs from them were used in Ken Burns's PBS program "The Civil War." Sixteen-year-old Nannie had to come to terms with Union occupation very early in the war. Amid school assignments, young friendship, social events, worries about her marital prospects, and tension with her mother, Nannie's entries also mixed information about battles, neighbors wounded in combat, U.S. Colored troops, and lawlessness in the surrounding countryside. Providing rare detail about daily life in an occupied city, Nannie's diary poignantly recounts how she and those around her continued to fight, long after the war was over, to maintain their lives in a war-torn community. Though numerous women's Civil War diaries exist, Nannie's is unique in that she also recounts her postwar life and the unexpected financial struggles she and her family experienced in the post-Reconstruction South. Nannie represents a generation of young women born into a society based on slavery but who faced mature adulthood in an entirely new world of decreasing farm values, increasing industrialization, and young women entering the workforce.--From publisher description.
The Diary of Nannie Haskins Williams
Author: Nannie Haskins Williams
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 162190038X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
In 1863, while living in Clarksville, Tennessee, Martha Ann Haskins, known to friends and family as Nannie, began a diary. This document provides valuable insights into the conditions in occupied Middle Tennessee. A young, elite Confederate sympathizer, Nannie was on the cusp of adulthood with the expectation of becoming a mistress in a slaveholding society. The war ended this prospect, and her life was forever changed. Though this is the first time the diaries have been published in full, they are well known among Civil War scholars, and voice-overs from them were used in Ken Burns's PBS program "The Civil War." Sixteen-year-old Nannie had to come to terms with Union occupation very early in the war. Amid school assignments, young friendship, social events, worries about her marital prospects, and tension with her mother, Nannie's entries also mixed information about battles, neighbors wounded in combat, U.S. Colored troops, and lawlessness in the surrounding countryside. Providing rare detail about daily life in an occupied city, Nannie's diary poignantly recounts how she and those around her continued to fight, long after the war was over, to maintain their lives in a war-torn community. Though numerous women's Civil War diaries exist, Nannie's is unique in that she also recounts her postwar life and the unexpected financial struggles she and her family experienced in the post-Reconstruction South. Nannie represents a generation of young women born into a society based on slavery but who faced mature adulthood in an entirely new world of decreasing farm values, increasing industrialization, and young women entering the workforce.--From publisher description.
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 162190038X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
In 1863, while living in Clarksville, Tennessee, Martha Ann Haskins, known to friends and family as Nannie, began a diary. This document provides valuable insights into the conditions in occupied Middle Tennessee. A young, elite Confederate sympathizer, Nannie was on the cusp of adulthood with the expectation of becoming a mistress in a slaveholding society. The war ended this prospect, and her life was forever changed. Though this is the first time the diaries have been published in full, they are well known among Civil War scholars, and voice-overs from them were used in Ken Burns's PBS program "The Civil War." Sixteen-year-old Nannie had to come to terms with Union occupation very early in the war. Amid school assignments, young friendship, social events, worries about her marital prospects, and tension with her mother, Nannie's entries also mixed information about battles, neighbors wounded in combat, U.S. Colored troops, and lawlessness in the surrounding countryside. Providing rare detail about daily life in an occupied city, Nannie's diary poignantly recounts how she and those around her continued to fight, long after the war was over, to maintain their lives in a war-torn community. Though numerous women's Civil War diaries exist, Nannie's is unique in that she also recounts her postwar life and the unexpected financial struggles she and her family experienced in the post-Reconstruction South. Nannie represents a generation of young women born into a society based on slavery but who faced mature adulthood in an entirely new world of decreasing farm values, increasing industrialization, and young women entering the workforce.--From publisher description.
Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation
Author: Barbara Hausmair
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785337661
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
How can we study the impact of rules on the lives of past people using archaeological evidence? To answer this question, Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation presents case studies drawn from across Europe and the United States. Covering areas as diverse as the use of space in a nineteenth-century U.S. Army camp, the deposition of waste in medieval towns, the experiences of Swedish migrants to North America, the relationship between people and animals in Anglo-Saxon England, these case studies explore the use of archaeological evidence in understanding the relationship between rules, lived experience, and social identity.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785337661
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
How can we study the impact of rules on the lives of past people using archaeological evidence? To answer this question, Archaeologies of Rules and Regulation presents case studies drawn from across Europe and the United States. Covering areas as diverse as the use of space in a nineteenth-century U.S. Army camp, the deposition of waste in medieval towns, the experiences of Swedish migrants to North America, the relationship between people and animals in Anglo-Saxon England, these case studies explore the use of archaeological evidence in understanding the relationship between rules, lived experience, and social identity.
Eleanor Hill
Author: Lisa Williams Kline
Publisher: Bridge
ISBN: 9780615929057
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This novel, winner of the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award, tells the story of twelve-year-old Eleanor Hill, who longs for adventures outside Atlantic Grove, her isolated North Carolina fishing village. She knows that women in other places must do more than hang laundry, tend gardens, and fry fish for dinner. In Atlantic Grove, most girls see nothing more in their futures than marriage to a fisherman and the meager existence that goes with it. Eleanor longs to experience the fast-changing world beyond Atlantic Grove -- she'd like to drive an automobile, see a picture show, and most of all, attend high school. At last she has her chance. Without her papa's permission, Eleanor leaves home to live with her aunt and uncle in nearby New Bern. As she discovers the satisfactions of higher education, Eleanor also attracts the attentions of a handsome Italian immigrant boy and a prominent doctor's son. While spending her teenage years in New Bern, Eleanor begins to realize how valuable love and family are in her struggle for self-reliance. Set against the exhilarating backdrop of 1910's America, this engaging novel vividly portrays one girl's search for identity and independence.
Publisher: Bridge
ISBN: 9780615929057
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
This novel, winner of the North Carolina Juvenile Literature Award, tells the story of twelve-year-old Eleanor Hill, who longs for adventures outside Atlantic Grove, her isolated North Carolina fishing village. She knows that women in other places must do more than hang laundry, tend gardens, and fry fish for dinner. In Atlantic Grove, most girls see nothing more in their futures than marriage to a fisherman and the meager existence that goes with it. Eleanor longs to experience the fast-changing world beyond Atlantic Grove -- she'd like to drive an automobile, see a picture show, and most of all, attend high school. At last she has her chance. Without her papa's permission, Eleanor leaves home to live with her aunt and uncle in nearby New Bern. As she discovers the satisfactions of higher education, Eleanor also attracts the attentions of a handsome Italian immigrant boy and a prominent doctor's son. While spending her teenage years in New Bern, Eleanor begins to realize how valuable love and family are in her struggle for self-reliance. Set against the exhilarating backdrop of 1910's America, this engaging novel vividly portrays one girl's search for identity and independence.
Social Register, New York
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 786
Book Description
Includes "Dilatory domiciles."
The Families of Joshua Williams of Chester County, Pa. and John McKeehan of Cumberland County, Pa
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Category : Chester County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
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Category : Chester County (Pa.)
Languages : en
Pages : 560
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Social Register, Washington
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Category : Social registers
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Includes "Dilatory domiciles"; for some volumes, some of these updates are issued separately as supplements.
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Category : Social registers
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Includes "Dilatory domiciles"; for some volumes, some of these updates are issued separately as supplements.
Diary of a Pastor's Wife
Author: Eleanor L. Williams
Publisher: Shallaywa Hinds
ISBN: 9781735541310
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
A book that expresses a real life journey of a Pastor's daughter and a Pastor's wife in ministry. It is a handy manual to inform, instruct, restore and rebuild elect ladies - one that will transform your posture!
Publisher: Shallaywa Hinds
ISBN: 9781735541310
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
A book that expresses a real life journey of a Pastor's daughter and a Pastor's wife in ministry. It is a handy manual to inform, instruct, restore and rebuild elect ladies - one that will transform your posture!
Some Prominent Virginia Families
Author: Louise Pecquet du Bellet
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The Annual Monitor ... Being an Obituary of Members of the Society of Friends in Great Britain and Ireland ...
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Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
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Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The New Society Blue Book; San Francisco, Oakland, Piedmont, Alameda, Berkeley, Hillsborough, Burlingame, San Mateo, Redwood, Woodside, Atherton, Menlo Park, San Rafael, Ross, Belvedere, Sausalito, Mill Valley, Etc
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Category : Alameda County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Alameda County (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description