The secret eye : the journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889

Author(s)

• Thomas, Ella Gertrude Clanton
• Burr, Virginia Ingraham

Bibliographic Information

The secret eye : the journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889

edited by Virginia Ingraham Burr ; introduction by Nell Irvin Painter

（Gender & American culture / coeditors, Linda K. Kerber, Nell Irvin Painter）

University of North Carolina Press, c1990

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, spanning the years from 1848 to 1889, is rare for its treatment of both the Civil War and postbellum years and for its candor and detail in treating these eras. Thomas, who was born to wealth and privilege and reared in the tradition of the southern belle, tells of the hard days of war and the poverty brought on by emancipation and Reconstruction. Her entries illuminate experiences shared with thousands of other southern women.

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Details

• NCID: BA13620894
• ISBN:
  • 0807818976
  • 0807842737
• LCCN: 89037188
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Chapel Hill
• Pages/Volumes: xvii, 469 p., [4] p. of plates
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : F213
  • DC20 : 975
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865
  • LCSH : Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1865-
  • LCSH : Women -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Georgia -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Women -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
  • LCSH : Reconstruction
  • LCSH : Thomas, Ella Gertrude Clanton -- Diaries
  • LCSH : Women -- Georgia -- Diaries
  • LCSH : Georgia -- Biography
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA03972013