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OverviewThe private and public writings in this volume reveal the early relationship between renowned Civil War diarist Sarah Morgan (1842-1909) and her future husband, Francis Warrington Dawson (1840-1889). Gathered here is a selection of their letters along with various articles that Morgan wrote anonymously for the Charleston News and Courier, which Dawson owned and edited. In January 1873 Morgan met Francis Warrington Dawson, an English expatriate, Confederate veteran, and newspaperman. By then Morgan had left her native Louisiana and was living near Columbia, South Carolina, with her younger brother, James Morris Morgan. When Sarah Morgan and Francis Warrington Dawson met, he was mourning the recent death of his first wife. She, in turn, was still grieving over her family's many wartime losses. The couple's relationship came to encompass both the personal and the professional. To free Morgan from an unhappy dependence on her brother, Dawson urged her to write professionally for his paper. During 1873 Morgan wrote more than seventy pieces on such topics as French and Spanish politics, race relations, the insanity plea, funerals, and fashion gossip. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Giselle RobertsPublisher: University of Georgia Press Imprint: University of Georgia Press Edition: annotated edition Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.597kg ISBN: 9780820325910ISBN 10: 0820325910 Pages: 344 Publication Date: 30 June 2004 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews"""Roberts' expert editing elegantly frames the material and draws out its significance, all while allowing her protagonists to tell their own stories. The surprising twists and turns remind us that the unique circumstances of individual lives can provide the most valuable insights into larger patterns of historical change."" - Laura F. Edwards, Duke University""" ""Roberts' expert editing elegantly frames the material and draws out its significance, all while allowing her protagonists to tell their own stories. The surprising twists and turns remind us that the unique circumstances of individual lives can provide the most valuable insights into larger patterns of historical change."" - Laura F. Edwards, Duke University"" Roberts' expert editing elegantly frames the material and draws out its significance, all while allowing her protagonists to tell their own stories. The surprising twists and turns remind us that the unique circumstances of individual lives can provide the most valuable insights into larger patterns of historical change. - Laura F. Edwards, Duke University Author InformationGiselle Roberts is a research associate in the department of history at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of The Confederate Belle. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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