Lamar Dolly Blount (18 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. gift insription on first free page signed by author. jacket has wear and tear, but most of the damage is to the spine of jacket, which is split apart, with big pieces missing. spot stain on back panel. all panels of jacket are complete, and it's covered with brodart. book boards have some edge wear/bumping/small stains. interior is clean. binding tight. Inscribed by Author(s).…

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. When All Is Said and Done. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Published in 1952, this memoir portrays life inside a politically prominent southern family from Reconstruction to the New Deal. Dolly Blount Lamar describes her father's struggle to earn respect and political clout during the Reconstruction era. She details her own social life in Washington, D.C., providing intimate portraits of the wives of Presidents and members of Congress, lobbyists, radical Reconstructionists, and leaders from the Civil War who came together to make the new Union work. Lamar describes her years as president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, her role in electing Sidney Lanier to the Hall of Fame at New York University, and the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial controversy of the 1920s. The memoir closes with her later years of life in her hometown of Macon, Georgia.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint of the 1952 University of Georgia Press Edition. Very good in publisher's green boards lettered in gilt.

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Condition: New. In English.

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Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 316 pages. 8.25x5.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. SIGNED, FIRST EDITION, 1952. Signed on the front pastedown in blue ink by author Dolly Blount Lamar with the inscription, "Lest ye forget", May 3, 1952. Hardcover. Bound in gray publisher's cloth, cover bears gilt stamped illustration atop a dark blue background. Spine also bears blue background with gilt lettering. Illustrated with black and white photograph inserts occasionally throughout. Frontispiece is a full-length photograph of the author, also in black and white. Contains a list of illustrations and a conclusion. Indexed. xii, 286 pp. Illustrated dust jacket is a royal blue with dark blue and off white accents, along with a photograph of Dolly Blount Lamar on the back cover. FROM THE DUST JACKET: "Dolly Blount Lamar has been a well-known figure in the affairs of the South for most part of her eighty-odd years, and this book presents the range of those affairs in the light of personal experiences from Reconstruction days down through the New Deal. her story begins with a brief account of her parents during the war years and then moves on to the trying period of Reconstruction. Her chapter 'Campaigns and Chinquapins' is a vivid narration of her father's efforts to gain a seat in the national congress in the years when disfranchised Southerners were struggling desperately to gain some voice in their own affairs." CONDITION: In VG condition overall, both book and DJ show some wear and discoloration. Even as there is some discoloration within the endpapers, the author's signature and inscription are uncompromised and dark. A generous portion of the book is unfoxed, except for a leaf here and there, the introductory pages, and a number of leaves at the back. Except for the signature, this copy is completely unmarked. Binding is tight. A nice, collectable copy. Full refund if not satisfied. Signed by author.…

Condition: New. pp. 316.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Published in 1952, this memoir portrays life inside a politically prominent southern family from Reconstruction to the New Deal. Dolly Blount Lamar describes her father's struggle to earn respect and political clout during the Reconstruction era. She details her own social life in Washington, D.C., providing intimate portraits of the wives of Presidents and members of Congress, lobbyists, radical Reconstructionists, and leaders from the Civil War who came together to make the new Union work. Lamar describes her years as president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, her role in electing Sidney Lanier to the Hall of Fame at New York University, and the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial controversy of the 1920s. The memoir closes with her later years of life in her hometown of Macon, Georgia.…

Condition: New. Dolly Blount Lamar was the daughter of James Blount (1837-1903), who served as U.S. Representative from the sixth district of Georgia for twenty years. Published in 1952, this memoir portrays life inside a politically prominent southern family from Reconstr.

Paperback. Condition: New. Published in 1952, this memoir portrays life inside a politically prominent southern family from Reconstruction to the New Deal. Dolly Blount Lamar describes her father's struggle to earn respect and political clout during the Reconstruction era. She details her own social life in Washington, D.C., providing intimate portraits of the wives of Presidents and members of Congress, lobbyists, radical Reconstructionists, and leaders from the Civil War who came together to make the new Union work. Lamar describes her years as president of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, her role in electing Sidney Lanier to the Hall of Fame at New York University, and the Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial controversy of the 1920s. The memoir closes with her later years of life in her hometown of Macon, Georgia.…

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