Lincoln's Generals' Wives

Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War--For Better and for Worse

von Hooper

432 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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. >>Relying on a close reading of letters, memoirs, and other primary sources—and, for the first time, mapping the women’s wartime travels—Hooper explores the very different ways in which these remarkable women responded to the unique challenges of being Lincoln’s generals’ wives.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Amerikanische Geschichte
• ISBN: 9781606352786
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.05.2016
• Größe: 241 x 165 mm
• Verlag: Kent State University Press