She probably did not stand out much in the 1850s, a wife and mother living a quiet life. However, she had taught planter's children in the slave culture of the South, and she had some pretty interesti
This previously unpublished diary is the best-surviving firsthand account of life in Civil War-era Atlanta. Bookseller Samuel Pearce Richards (1824-1910) kept a diary for sixty-seven years. This volum
"... an excellent introduction to a complex subject. Anyone interested in the Midwest or in women’s history will find it a valuable resource." —Agricultural History"... the
