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A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A memorable and fascinating glimpse into the Civil War home front.

Parthenia Hague experienced the Civil War while employed as a schoolteacher on a plantation near Eufaula, Alabama. This book recounts how a frightened and war-weary household dealt with privations during the blockade imposed on the South by the federal navy. The memoir of Parthenia Hague is a detailed look at the ingenious industry and self-sufficiency employed by anxious citizens as the northern army closed in.

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is Eleonore Raoul Professor of Humanities at Emory University and author of a number of volumes, including Within the Plantation Household; Black and White Women of the Old South.

Language: English

Pages: 204

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University Alabama Press

Release: May 15, 2005

ISBN: 0817352759

ISBN 13: 9780817352752

A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

3.8/5 ( ratings)

A memorable and fascinating glimpse into the Civil War home front.

Parthenia Hague experienced the Civil War while employed as a schoolteacher on a plantation near Eufaula, Alabama. This book recounts how a frightened and war-weary household dealt with privations during the blockade imposed on the South by the federal navy. The memoir of Parthenia Hague is a detailed look at the ingenious industry and self-sufficiency employed by anxious citizens as the northern army closed in.

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is Eleonore Raoul Professor of Humanities at Emory University and author of a number of volumes, including Within the Plantation Household; Black and White Women of the Old South.

Language: English

Pages: 204

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University Alabama Press

Release: May 15, 2005

ISBN: 0817352759

ISBN 13: 9780817352752

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