{"product_id":"the-uncompromising-diary-of-sallie-ginny-mcneill-raska-9781623495497","title":"The Uncompromising Diary of Sallie McNeill 1858-1867","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ginny McNeill Raska\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1623495490\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781623495497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Texas A\u0026amp;M University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.45d","brand":"Ginny McNeill Raska","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48014004289791,"sku":"9781623495497","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c5e49ee0-a666-4bfc-89b0-d0df5a048e3c.jpg?v=1767746125","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-uncompromising-diary-of-sallie-ginny-mcneill-raska-9781623495497","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}