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A Diary From Dixie
by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Ben Ames Williams

A Diary From Dixie
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Author: Ben Ames Williams, Mary Boykin Chesnut
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1997-03-25
ISBN: 0517182661
Number of pages: 424
Publisher: Gramercy

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Book Review: 5 Stars

I know this may sound crazy, but i am infact the great(times 3) granddaughter of mary boykin chestnut. When my grandfather told me this when i was younger (I am 16 now) I became very interested in learning about her and her husband and in trying to learn more i decided to read the diary in which mary had written. I found it very moving and in some cases disturbing. Before reading her diary ( My grandpap has one of the first copies of it) I could have cared less about the civil war or any war for that matter, but after reading it I gained a new found respect for everything that people in those days had to go through and I think that my grandmother gave people of today a great idea of what the war was like and how people were. I am very proud to say that I am of of the civil wars most influential women.

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