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More panoramic in scope and more realistic in its details than Crane's Red Badge of Courage, this is one of the first and best novels ever written about the American Civil War

In contrast to much of the Civil War fiction that had gone before it, Miss Ravenel's Conversion portrayed war not in the chivalric, idealized manner of Walter Scott, but as a bloody and inglorious hell.

Reproduction of the original: Miss Ravenel's Conversion From Secession To Loyalty by J.W de Forest

Miss Ravenel's Conversion is important in American literary history as the first novel to depict the Civil War with realism. Its battlefield scenes owe much to John De Forest's own experience as a captain in that conflict. But in 1867 genteel readers were affronted by... Read Full Overview

Miss Ravenel�������s Conversion From Secession To Loyalty is a historical novel written by John W. De Forest in 1867. The book is set during the American Civil War and follows the story of a young woman named Lydia Ravenel. Lydia... Read Full Overview

"Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty" from John William De Forest. American soldier and writer of realistic fiction (1826-1906).

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for... Read Full Overview