Last week we posted a list of Bullis books that cover the Civil War. This week we took a closer look at one of them...Life In Dixie During the War, 1861-1862-1873-1864-1865 by Mary A. H. Gay, published in 1894. This book is now at the top of our blogger's non-fiction reading list.
According to one source, Mary Gay lived most of her life in Decatur, Georgia. She wrote a number of books, but Life in Dixie is the most famous and one that deserves to be read (or re-read) during this 150-year anniversary of the Civil War. The eyewitness accounts from a woman's point of view are unique as well as fascinating.
According to several sources (including Google eBook), Life in Dixie "...gave Martha Mitchell the idea for Gone with the Wind." Continuing to quote Google eBook, the book has "...terrific insights into the life and perspective of southern whites during the war, the character and deeds of union soldiers."
For this reason (and many others) we strongly recommend this book for your summer or wintertime reading. Either online...or here in the Bullis Room.
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MORE GOOD READING
July 21, 2011 marks the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Bull Run. Therefore, this past week we continued to look at Bullis books on the subject of the Civil War. We focused on the four listed below because they represent a variety of view points...youth, men, women, Union, and Confederate. Here they are for your reference...and interesting reading.
1. Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, published by the G.P.O. in 1863.
2. A Youth's History of the Great Civil War in the United States, from 1861 to 1865, (with illustrations) by R. G. Horton, published by Van Evrie, Horton & Co. in 1868.
3. Life in Dixie During the War, 1861-1862-1863-1864-1865, by Mary A. H. Gay, published by The Foote & Davies Co. in 1894.
4. Four Years in Secessia: Adventures within and beyond the Union lines: embracing a great variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the war..., by Junius Henri Browne, published by O.D. Case and Company in 1865. (Dedication: "To the private soldiers of the union, the unrecorded and fameless heroes of the war, who deserve the eternal gratitude of the republic they have preserved, this unpretending volume is admiringly inscribed.")
5. The American Conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64;....
by Horace Greeley, published by O.D. Case & Company in 1865-66. ("...illustrated by portraits on steel of generals, statesmen, and other eminent men; views of places of historic interest; maps, diagrams of battlefields, naval actions, etc.; from official sources")
6. War Pictures from the South, by Bela Estvan, published by D. Appleton and Co. in 1863.
Most of these books can be accessed on line. As always, you're also invited to stop by the Bullis Room to take a look at the real thing.
1. Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, published by the G.P.O. in 1863.
2. A Youth's History of the Great Civil War in the United States, from 1861 to 1865, (with illustrations) by R. G. Horton, published by Van Evrie, Horton & Co. in 1868.
3. Life in Dixie During the War, 1861-1862-1863-1864-1865, by Mary A. H. Gay, published by The Foote & Davies Co. in 1894.
4. Four Years in Secessia: Adventures within and beyond the Union lines: embracing a great variety of facts, incidents, and romance of the war..., by Junius Henri Browne, published by O.D. Case and Company in 1865. (Dedication: "To the private soldiers of the union, the unrecorded and fameless heroes of the war, who deserve the eternal gratitude of the republic they have preserved, this unpretending volume is admiringly inscribed.")
5. The American Conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64;....
by Horace Greeley, published by O.D. Case & Company in 1865-66. ("...illustrated by portraits on steel of generals, statesmen, and other eminent men; views of places of historic interest; maps, diagrams of battlefields, naval actions, etc.; from official sources")
6. War Pictures from the South, by Bela Estvan, published by D. Appleton and Co. in 1863.
Most of these books can be accessed on line. As always, you're also invited to stop by the Bullis Room to take a look at the real thing.
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