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Book Reviews of A Diary From Dixie

A Diary From Dixie
ISBN-13: 9780674202917
ISBN-10: 0674202910
Publication Date: 1/7/2003
Pages: 608
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 4 ratings
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed A Diary From Dixie on
Helpful Score: 1
This is a fascinating peek into the lives of Confederate citizens during the Civil War. Mary Boykin Chesnut is a brilliant, and quite an important woman of the Confederacy. She writes about the love,tears,joys, jokes,gossip,and news between the years 1860- August, 1865. Mary shares her inmost feelings and is very genuine in her writings. I have totally enjoyed my time travel into the old Dixie!
nurse avatar reviewed A Diary From Dixie on + 221 more book reviews
I found this book a bit boring at times. Mary spoke of people and things that seemed frivolous at times. The writing at the time was a bit hard to understand at times even for this educated person. I found the last few chapers most interesting. The book could have been shortened even more than the original diaries because of some of the frivolous content. I feel the editors could have done a much better job of attempting to explain what and to whom Mary Chestnut was refering. It would have been better to have put more information as footnotes or even follow up chapters.