Mary Boykin Chesnut: A Biography

By Elisabeth Muhlenfeld

Book Overview

"In her admirable biography of Mary Chesnut, Elisabeth Muhlenfeld has American literature as well as American history in her debt." -- C. Vann WoodwardMary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1823--1886) is known... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807108529
• ISBN13: 9780807108529
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The definitive biography on Chesnut

This is the best biography of Chesnut to date. Muhlenfeld draws from all of Chesnut's writing, not just her famous Civil War diaries, to build a picture of a woman and a writer.