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This is the original diary of the wife of Confederate General James Chesnut, Jr., who was an aide to President Jefferson Davis. It is a fascinating narrative of all the years of the American Civil War. It focuses on the daily lives and hardships of all who suffered through the war, from ordinary people to the Confederacy's generals and political elite. Mary Chesnut's prose has lost none of its provocative bite through the ages: "I think incompatibility of temper began when it was made plain to us that we get all the opprobrium of slavery while they, with their tariff, get the money there is in it." Nor any of its ironic sense of humor: "We try our soldiers to see if they are hot enough before we enlist them. If, when water is thrown on them they do not sizzle, they won't do; their patriotism is too cool."
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 3.9 (1.4K)
Includes Goodreads
GenreAction and Adventure
Length14 hrs 26 mins
Narrated byMary Baker, Mary Bake
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateJun 7, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction: A Diary from Dixie
22Chapter 21: A Diary from Dixie
2Chapter 1: A Diary from Dixie
23Chapter 22: A Diary from Dixie
3Chapter 2: A Diary from Dixie
24Chapter 23: A Diary from Dixie
4Chapter 3: A Diary from Dixie
25Chapter 24: A Diary from Dixie
5Chapter 4: A Diary from Dixie
26Chapter 25: A Diary from Dixie
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6Chapter 5: A Diary from Dixie
27Chapter 26: A Diary from Dixie
7Chapter 6: A Diary from Dixie
28Chapter 27: A Diary from Dixie
8Chapter 7: A Diary from Dixie
29Chapter 28: A Diary from Dixie
9Chapter 8: A Diary from Dixie
30Chapter 29: A Diary from Dixie
10Chapter 9: A Diary from Dixie
31Chapter 30: A Diary from Dixie
11Chapter 10: A Diary from Dixie
32Chapter 31: A Diary from Dixie
12Chapter 11: A Diary from Dixie
33Chapter 32: A Diary from Dixie
13Chapter 12: A Diary from Dixie
34Chapter 33: A Diary from Dixie
14Chapter 13: A Diary from Dixie
35Chapter 34: A Diary from Dixie
15Chapter 14: A Diary from Dixie
36Chapter 35: A Diary from Dixie
16Chapter 15: A Diary from Dixie
37Chapter 36: A Diary from Dixie
17Chapter 16: A Diary from Dixie
38Chapter 37: A Diary from Dixie
18Chapter 17: A Diary from Dixie
39Chapter 38: A Diary from Dixie
19Chapter 18: A Diary from Dixie
40Chapter 39: A Diary from Dixie
20Chapter 19: A Diary from Dixie
41Chapter 40: A Diary from Dixie
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