Practical Strangers

preview-18
  • Practical Strangers Book Detail

  • Author : Stephen Berry
  • Release Date : 2017-06-15
  • Publisher : University of Georgia Press
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 337
  • ISBN 13 : 0820351008
  • File Size : 99,99 MB

Practical Strangers by Stephen Berry PDF Summary

Book Description: These letters chronicle the wartime courtship of a Confederate soldier and the woman he loved—a sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln. It is a relative rarity for the correspondence of both writers in Civil War letter collections to survive, as they have here. Rarer still is how frequently and faithfully the two wrote, given how little they truly knew each other at the start of their exchange. As a romantic pair, Nathaniel Dawson and Elodie Todd had no earlier history; they had barely met when separated by the war. Letters were their sole lifeline to each other and their sole means of sharing their hopes and fears for a relationship (and a Confederacy) they had rashly embraced in the heady, early days of secession. The letters date from April 1861, when Nathaniel left for war as a captain in the Fourth Alabama Infantry, through April 1862, when the couple married. During their courtship through correspondence, Nathaniel narrowly escaped death in battle, faced suspicions of cowardice, and eventually grew war weary. Elodie had two brothers die while in Confederate service and felt the full emotional weight of belonging to the war’s most famous divided family. Her sister Mary not only sided with the Union (as did five other Todd siblings) but was also married to its commander in chief. Here is an engrossing story of the Civil War, of Abraham Lincoln’s shattered family, of two people falling in love, of soldiers and brothers dying nobly on the wrong side of history. The full Dawson–Todd correspondence comprises more than three hundred letters. It has been edited for this volume to focus tightly on their courtship. The complete, annotated text of all of the letters, with additional supporting material, will be made available online.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Practical Strangers books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Practical Strangers

Practical Strangers

File Size : 49,49 MB
Total View : 7535 Views
DOWNLOAD

These letters chronicle the wartime courtship of a Confederate soldier and the woman he loved—a sister-in-law of Abraham Lincoln. It is a relative rarity for

Listening to People

Listening to People

File Size : 68,68 MB
Total View : 7061 Views
DOWNLOAD

This book will help you: Understand the importance of talking to others, including listening to feedback from others while conducting research Recognize that th

All that Makes a Man

All that Makes a Man

File Size : 95,95 MB
Total View : 6409 Views
DOWNLOAD

As the realities of the war became apparent, however, the letters and diaries turned from idealized themes of honor and country to solemn reflections on love an

The Power of Strangers

The Power of Strangers

File Size : 34,34 MB
Total View : 5071 Views
DOWNLOAD

A “meticulously researched and buoyantly written” (Esquire) look at what happens when we talk to strangers, and why it affects everything from our own healt

Strangers Next Door

Strangers Next Door

File Size : 20,20 MB
Total View : 6454 Views
DOWNLOAD

Christians in the West are living among some of the least-reached people groups in the world and have the unprecedented opportunity to share the gospel with the