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Civil War Wives: The Lives And Times Of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, And Julia Dent Grant (2009)

by Carol Berkin(Favorite Author)

3.64 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1400044464 (ISBN13: 9781400044467)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Knopf

review 1: I bought this book when we visited Harpers Ferry in March and I'm glad I did. I had heard of Varina Davis although I didn't know much about her life. I knew a little more about Julia Grant and I had heard of the Grimke sisters but not Theodore Weld, the abolitionist Angelina Grimke married. I enjoy biography and this was an interesting story of 3 women involved in the major events leading up to, during and after the Civil War. I'm not sure I would have wanted to read a separate biography of any of them but the author, Carol Berkin writes a very appealing book and I enjoyed it.
review 2: This is one of my favorite reads this Spring/Summer. I was surprised how well I liked this book actually. Since I like biography, this book was right up my ally since it's b... moreased on three woman's diaries. I learned so much about the way the Civil War affected families, households, marriages, and individuals. I've never been into woman's rights but this book gave me a lot to think about Victorian (Antabellum) America/ pre-Civil War ideals. One of the most notable things for me in reading about this history is how death was not a tucked away matter. Losing loved ones to sickness and death for women was a huge part of there role in society as the health care of their families. The stories of how the women had to deal with losing children, taking care of sick husbands, and playing nurse even to themselves was oddly comforting. less

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