{"product_id":"the-uncompromising-diary-of-sallie-mcneill-1858-1867-paperback","title":"The Uncompromising Diary of Sallie McNeill 1858-1867 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGinny McNeill Raska\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eMary Lynne Gasaway Hill\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this annotated diary, Sallie McNeill chronicles thoughts, observations, and details of her daily life during the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis remarkably well-preserved document tells McNeill's story from her days as a student in the female department of Baylor College at Independence until her death in 1867.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcNeill's story--common to the era and place and still intensely personal--lets readers glimpse the numbing expectations of a young woman's proper behavior, moral referencing of those living under the influence of the second Great Awakening, intellectual questions posed by the education of the day, and the lifestyle of the planter class at the margins of its geographical reach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\". . . provides rich insights into life in south central Texas in the turbulent years surrounding the Civil War . . . Sallie's diary provides a decidedly upper-class perspective of mid-century Texas life, including the material world, excursions, and proprieties of her contemporaries. All said, the diary's greatest gift to the present is Sallie herself--the joys, sorrows, and observations of a truly remarkable woman.\" -Southwestern Historical Quarterly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGINNY McNEILL RASKA, one of Sallie's descendants, transcribed the original diary. Raska is the Sweeny, Texas, Junior High School librarian. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMARY LYNNE GASAWAY HILL attended the archaeological field school at the Levi Jordan plantation. Her doctorate is from Tulane University.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.45 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53247576244531,"sku":"9781623495497","price":35.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Anq4Vg3bP89781623495497.webp?v=1776305216","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-uncompromising-diary-of-sallie-mcneill-1858-1867-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}