Jean V. Berlin is coeditor of Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865. A graduate of Haverford College and the University of Virginia, she has taught history at Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Berlin lives in Chandler, Arizona.
an important document of the opportunities for and limits of female
citizenship in the Confederacy.the diary provides a needed
perspective on the effects of war beyond the battlefields. Ada
Bacot's journal and the series of which it is a part add to our
knowledge of Confederate women's experiences during a critical
period of national transformation.-- "The Virginia Magazine"
Bacot's diary provides fascinating insights both into extraordinary
events and into everyday life. The editor of Bacot's diary, Jean V.
Berlin, does a superb job of both annotating and analyzing the
text-- "Georgia Historical Quarterly"
Berlin emphasizes the importance of Southern women's contribution
to the war effort.-- "Publishers Weekly"
Berlin has done an excellent job of providing insights through the
footnotes; most obvious are the contradictions between the war's
realities and the news reports Bacot received. In a diary filled
with names, the editor included pertinent details about many
persons, but does not overwhelm her readers with an attempt to
identify each individual mentioned. Berlin has contributed a worthy
addition to the Women's Diaries and Letters of the
Nineteenth-Century South series, by introducing her readers to a
true Southern lady-- "Register of the Kentucky Historical
Society"
Berlin... has selected entries from the Civil War diaries of a
devout and intelligent slaveowner whose wartime nursing experiences
proved both fulfilling and liberating.-- "Library Journal"
Editor Jean Berlin's additions to the book--introduction,
footnotes, and epilogue--provide information necessary for the
reader to understand Ada Bacot's life before and after the war, and
to know the places and people mentioned throughout the diaries.
These additions, and Berlin's meticulous editing in which she
maintains Ada's quaint spellings and wording, make this a
thoroughly scholarly and fascinating picture of the life and
wartime experiences of one confederate nurse.-- "Bulletin of the
History of Medicine"
Provides a rather rare glimpse into the Civil War as seen through
the eyes of a southern woman from the planter and slaveholding
class. Scholars and the general public alike will find A
Confederate Nurse an entertaining and illuminating book, which will
hopefully serve as a catalyst for future studies of Civil War
nursing. This will broaden our understanding of the war and of
nineteenth-century life in general.-- "Southern Historian"
This touching, informative book will appeal to both scholars and
general readers alike-- "Civil War News"
Ask a Question About this Product More... |