Two Civil Wars: The Curious Shared Journal of a Baton Rouge Schoolgirl and a Union Sailor on the USS Essex Contributor(s): Jeffrey, Katherine Bentley (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0807162248 ISBN-13: 9780807162248 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $36.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States - Literary Collections | Diaries & Journals |
Dewey: 973.782 |
LCCN: 2015035403 |
Physical Information: 1.07" H x 6.04" W x 9.32" (1.25 lbs) 296 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Locality - Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Two Civil Wars is both an edition of an unusual Civil War--era double journal and a narrative about the two writers who composed its contents. The initial journal entries were written by thirteen-year-old Celeste Repp while a student at St. Mary's Academy, a prominent but short-lived girls school in midcentury Baton Rouge. Celeste's French compositions, dating from 1859 to 1861, offer brief but poignant meditations, describe seasonal celebrations, and mention by name both her headmistress, Matilda Victor, and French instructor and priest, Father Darius Hubert. |