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Originally published in 1897, this is a sketch of what life was like in Virginia before the War Between the States.

An essay on plantation life and the Old South as remembered by one of Virginia's finest writers. In the introduction to this volume, Thomas Nelson Page states that his purpose is to correct the picture of Southern life portrayed by Harriet Beecher Stowe and by the post-Reconstruction... Read Full Overview

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""Social Life in Old Virginia Before the War"" is a historical non-fiction book written by Thomas Nelson Page. The book explores the social and cultural life of Virginia in the antebellum period, before the American Civil War. Page provides a detailed account of the social hierarchy,... Read Full Overview

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original... Read Full Overview