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A Diary from Dixie

By: Mary Chesnut
Narrated by: Casey Robertson
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These are the memoirs of the wife of Confederate General James Chesnut, Jr., who was an advisor to President Jefferson Davis. It is a fascinating account of all the years of the American Civil War. It focuses on the daily lives and adversities of all who suffered through the war, from ordinary people to the Confederacy's generals and political elite. Mary Chesnut's prose has lost none of its provocative bite through the ages!

Public Domain (P)2019 Musaicum Books American Civil War Historical Military Wars & Conflicts Civil War War
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The account details are fascinating but much of the power and interest of what she said in her diary gets lost in the narration and performance. The reader flattens out the account. Too bad as this is a very important first person document of this period on history.

Gripping Account of the Southern Perspective of Civil War, But…

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