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Sarah Morgan: The Civil War Diary Of A Southern Woman | 
 enlarge | Author: Charles East
Publisher: Touchstone
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 205864
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 672
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.7
ISBN: 0671785036
Dewey Decimal Number: 973.782
EAN: 9780671785031
ASIN: 0671785036
Publication Date: October 1, 1992
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Product Description
Born into one of the best families of Baton Rouge, Sarah Morgan was not yet twenty when she began her diary in January 1862, nine months after the start of the Civil War. She was soon to experience a coming-of-age filled with the turmoil and upheaval that devastated the wartime South. She set down the Remarkable events of the war in a record that remains one of the most vivid, evocative portrayals in existence of a time and place that today make up a crucial chapter in our national history.Sarah Morgan herself emerges as one of the most memorable nineteenth-century women in fiction or nonfiction, a young woman of intelligence and fortitude, as well as of high spirits and passion, who questioned the society into which she was born and the meaning of the war for ordinary families like her own and for the divided nation as a whole. Now published in its entirety for the first time, Sarah Morgan's classic account brings the Civil War and the Old South to life with all the freshness and immediacy of great literature.
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 The Real Scarlett O'Hara June 14, 2008
Sarah Morgan is the real Scarlett O'Hara. As the world as she had known it crumbled to ashes around her, she had hardships she had never even dreamed of in her upper class society before the War. She knew nothing of the harshness of slavery or of the stuggles of others outside her own crumbling world. It is a beautiful narrative, an historical treasure and she is a gifted writer beyond her years. The description of the death of her father brings me to tears every time.
 Youth In The Civil War April 29, 2008
This is a very interesting view of the Civil War. I always thought that my children were the "ME" generation. Maybe I was wrong, the young upper-class in the South were also a "ME" generation. From the research I have done this was wasn't the general case. Just like the young Confederate soldiers had to learn to be a good soldier, the Southern belles were also forced to grow up and do what was needed to survive the war. I am sure there were some that continued to be spoiled, but they were in the minority. By Ruth Thompson author of "Natchez Above The River" and The Bluegrass Dream"
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literature October 4, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The other reviewers said it all and in the length of this book there's time for agreeing with all said at one time or another. For someone who will never be part of that "set" I found it fasinating to see into the mind of one of them and especially in that time period. A quick read even for all the pages unless you really want to pay attention to the history. I have little to no interst in the history but found Sarah so interesting I wanted to read more about her. I loved the way she articulated what she perceived, and thought it a good lesson in journaling. I especially enjoyed her standards, such as her explanation of why she wouldn't allow a male friend to kiss her or her dreading the arm of a gentelman around her waist as he helped her off a carriage, a bit much, even her beloved family memebers didn't agree with her, but I found myself wishing todays society had a bit more of that modesty.
Defense of Sarah Morgan's Diary September 6, 2006
5 out of 13 found this review helpful
Well, I never thought I'd be writing one of these, but the last two reviews, being grossly unfair, inspired me. I read Sarah Morgan's diary about two years ago, so this is coming from memory. Whatever one may think of Ms. Morgan as a person (and judging her from contemporary standards would surely be a mistake), she was for her age extremely well-educated and articulate. Her prose is, in comparison to most today, exceptional (again, especially for her age). The same can be said of her insight (which, of course, for any person of her age, is by no means beyond reproach). Aside from constituting a valuable guide to the mind of a young southern woman during the Civil War, her story (which is anything but dull) provides historical context and perspective to the union army's ascent up the Mississippi. Without knowing something of this military campaign, I can see how another reader might not enjoy her diary. Lastly, Ms. Morgan was truly a feminist -- a word I do not particularly care for as it seems to overly excite some and unduly offend others. She was, like most women of her time, a product of a male-dominated society. She questions this society in her diary and, if I recall correctly from the preface, led her later years in a way most feminists of today would be proud. Nothing but enjoyable reading here.
 Worth the read, a good source for reenactors March 18, 2006
2 out of 8 found this review helpful
So far I am enjoying the diary of Sarah Morgan, it is my opinion that Scarlett O'Hara was patterned after her. Her writing is very interesting without being droll or boring.
And as a Civil War reenactor with a Southern character, it is helpful learning how the women of the south felt and what they did while enduring the hardships of the war. Having to leave your home and all the worldly things that we all hold so dear was a hardship for many of them. Thank goodness for those who were successful in hiding family heirlooms and whatnot to pass down through the generations. It really was horrible how the "Federals" (Yankees) destroyed there homes just for the spite of it.
The long and short of it is; I am enjoying the diary very much and learning another stitch in our history.
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