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Varina : a novel / Charles Frazier.

By: Publication details: New York : HarperLuxe, 2018.Edition: Large print editionDescription: 494 pages (large print) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780062406019
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
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--culpable regardless of her intentions. The Confederacy falling, her marriage in tatters, and the country divided, Varina and her children escape Richmond and travel south on their own, now fugitives with "bounties on their heads, an entire nation in pursuit."
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Large Print Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves LP FIC FRAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001099820

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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--culpable regardless of her intentions. The Confederacy falling, her marriage in tatters, and the country divided, Varina and her children escape Richmond and travel south on their own, now fugitives with "bounties on their heads, an entire nation in pursuit."

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