The Resource Varina : a novel, Charles Frazier
Varina : a novel, Charles Frazier
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The item Varina : a novel, Charles Frazier represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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- Summary
- "Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 356 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062405982
- Label
- Varina : a novel
- Title
- Varina
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Charles Frazier
- Subject
-
- trueWar
- trueSocial conflict
- trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
- trueWomen -- History
- trueWomen fugitives
- trueAmerican Civil War era (1861-1865) -- 1861 -- 1865
- Biographical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueCivil War
- trueConfederate States of America
- trueDavis, Varina, 1826-1906
- Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Large type books
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueMarried women
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMississippi
- truePoliticians' spouses
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history"--
- Summary
- Forced by limited prospects to marry much-older widower Jefferson Davis, teenaged Varina Howell finds her expectations as the wife of a Mississippi landowner upended by his appointment as the leader of the Confederacy, a situation that renders her and her children fugitives in a divided and increasingly hostile nation
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10638462
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Frazier, Charles
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3556.R3599
- LC item number
- V37 2018
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Davis, Varina
- Man-woman relationships
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Varina : a novel, Charles Frazier
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 356)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 356 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062405982
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 993420827
- (OCoLC)993420827
- Label
- Varina : a novel, Charles Frazier
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 356)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 356 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062405982
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- 993420827
- (OCoLC)993420827
Subject
- trueWar
- trueSocial conflict
- trueUnited States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
- trueWomen -- History
- trueWomen fugitives
- trueAmerican Civil War era (1861-1865) -- 1861 -- 1865
- Biographical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueBiographical fiction
- trueCivil War
- trueConfederate States of America
- trueDavis, Varina, 1826-1906
- Davis, Varina, 1826-1906 -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- Large type books
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueMarried women
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMississippi
- truePoliticians' spouses
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