This book was edited by Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, published in 1991, the narrative is 176 pages and is not illustrated. Parthenia Hoague 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 Hoague is a detailed look at the ingenious industry and self sufficiency employed by anxious citizens as the northern army closed in. This paper back book is in excellent condition.

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