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5) Libbie
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
404 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Multnomah Publishers
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
380 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Many know about her husband, Robert E. Lee, and her great-grandmother, Martha Washington; many have visited the cemetery that now occupies her family estate. But few today know much about Mary Custis Lee herself. Chronically ill and often in excruciating pain, Mary raised seven children, faithfully witnessing to her husband for years before his conversion. She retained her dignity and faith throughout a fruitless, heartbreaking attempt to win compensation...
Author
Series
Publisher
The Kent State University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
viii, 429 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
The story of the American Civil War is not complete without examining the extraordinary and influential lives of Jessie Frémont, Nelly McClellan, Ellen Sherman, and Julia Grant, the wives of Abraham Lincoln's top generals. They were their husbands' closest confidantes and had a profound impact on the generals' ambitions and actions. Most important, the women's own attitudes toward and relationships with Lincoln had major historical significance.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
x, 237 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
""Andrew Jackson is both one of the most significant and controversial United States Presidents. This book follows Jackson's life and death through the lives of six women who influenced both his politics and his persona. His mother, Elizabeth Hutchinson Jackson, introduced him to their Scots-Irish heritage. Jackson's wife, Rachel Donelson Jackson provided emotional support and a stable household throughout her life. Emily Donelson, his niece, was...
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