First Lady of the Confederacy : : Varina Davis’s Civil War / / Joan E. Cashin.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Cashin, Joan E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Introduction --; 1. Half Breed --; 2. This Mr. Davis --; 3. Flattered and Courted --; 4. First Lady --; 5. No Matter What Danger There Was --; 6. Holocausts of Herself --; 7. Run with the Rest --; 8. Threadbare Great Folks --; 9. Topic of the Day --; 10. Crowd of Sorrows --; 11. Fascinating Failures --; 12. The Girdled Tree --; 13. Delectable City --; 14. Like Martha --; 15. At Peace --; Notes --; A note on sources --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674262560; 9783110442212; 9783110442205
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674262560
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Joan E. Cashin.

When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluctantly became the First Lady. Pro-slavery but also pro-Union, Varina Davis was inhibited by her role as Confederate First Lady and unable to reveal her true convictions.Cashin offers a splendid portrait of a fascinating woman who struggled with the constraints of her time and place.