Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War Summary and Reviews

Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War
by Drew Gilpin Faust

Mothers of Invention: Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War
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Author: Drew Gilpin Faust
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1997-09-30
ISBN: 0679781048
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Vintage

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Book Review: A very complete and well researched book of civil war women
Summary: 5 Stars

Typically, books of this nature have a tendency to be boring and unreadable. Not so with this author. She has included multitudes of letters, diaries, and facts and has made the book very readable and very interesting.

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