Recollections (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Ellen McGowan Biddle

 
9781332423538: Recollections (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

Recollections of Home and War: a Civil War family memoir centered on love, duty, and daily life.

A daughter recalls a Navy family, a cherished home, and the line between peace and battle that shaped their lives during a nation at war. This moving account follows eight siblings, a devoted mother, and a father who steers ships and hearts through tumult and change. This edition shares intimate memories from childhood and beyond, weaving in places, people, and moments that defined a generation. It presents the everyday moments that anchored a family when history roared around them, offering a clear window into life on the home front and at sea during the Civil War era.

  • Personal stories of family life, travel, and home in the mid-1800s
  • Close observations of a father’s naval service and a mother’s steadfast faith
  • Firsthand scenes of wartime movement, hardship, and resilience
  • Vivid details of towns, churches, and communities that shaped the era
Ideal for readers who enjoy intimate family histories, historical memoirs, and Civil War era narratives that illuminate daily life under extraordinary circumstances.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Leopold Classic Library is delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive collection. As part of our on-going commitment to delivering value to the reader, we have also provided you with a link to a website, where you may download a digital version of this work for free. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. Whilst the books in this collection have not been hand curated, an aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature. As a result of this book being first published many decades ago, it may have occasional imperfections. These imperfections may include poor picture quality, blurred or missing text. While some of these imperfections may have appeared in the original work, others may have resulted from the scanning process that has been applied. However, our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. While some publishers have applied optical character recognition (OCR), this approach has its own drawbacks, which include formatting errors, misspelt words, or the presence of inappropriate characters. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with an experience that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic book, and that the occasional imperfection that it might contain will not detract from the experience.

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