Daydreams and Nightmares: A Virginia Family Faces Secession and War

by Brent Tarter

Book Overview

The decision of the eventual Confederate states to secede from the Union set in motion perhaps the most dramatic chapter in American history, and one that has typically been told on a grand scale. In Daydreams and Nightmares, however, historian Brent Tarter shares the story of one Virginia family who found themselves in the middle of the secession debate and saw their world torn apart as the states chose sides and went to war.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813937094
• ISBN13: 9780813937090
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 8.2"