The Death of a Confederate : Selections from the Letters of the Archibald Smith Family of Roswell, Georgia, 1864-1956
ISBN 10: 0820318442 ISBN 13: 9780820318448
Published by Univ of Georgia Pr, 1996
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Synopsis:
Spanning nearly a century, the letters in this collection revolve around the death of the eldest son of a southern family owing to sickness contracted during service in the Confederate Army. The letters reveal a slaveowning family with a strong belief in their religion and the Confederate cause.
About the Author:
Arthur N. Skinner is a professor of visual arts at Eckerd College. James L. Skinner was the Charles A. Dana Professor of English at Presbyterian College where he taught on the faculty for thirty-eight years and was editor of The Autobiography of Henry Merrell: Industrial Missionary to the South (Georgia, 1991). The Skinner family, who are related to the Smiths by marriage, inherited the letters in this volume, along with the Smith plantation home in Roswell, in 1981.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: The Death of a Confederate : Selections from...
Publisher: Univ of Georgia Pr
Publication Date: 1996
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good