Home

Books
AudioBooks

subscription titles

Book
Audio
Photos
Reviews
Comments
Quotes

Add book

Book

miss ravenels conversion from secession to loyalty

by john william de forest

Author: john william de forest

Mystery & Thrillers » Mystery

Added by: Martin Lebl (...

Users who like this book

txt fb2 rtf pdf epub pdb

Description:

This book is considered to be one of the best novels about Civil War ever written. It tells the story of Lillie Ravenel who with her father are deported from Louisiana at the beginning of the Civil War. Lillie is a passionate Confederate, but her father's loyalist sympathies make them to escape to New England. In the fictional city called New Boston they meet two men who fall in love with Lillie. These men fight for Lillie at the same time as fighting for the Union. It is through these relationships and through her experiences on returning to occupied Louisiana that Lillie's consecutive conversion occurs. "Miss Ravenels Conversion From Secession to Loyalty" is half romance story and half war story. The battle scenes (which, by the way, are quite few in number) are well described, furthermore they are based on De Forest's experiences during the war. Everyone who is interested in the Civil War will find reading this book extremely delightful and enjoyable.

get subscription

Read an excerpt:

...that I were young enough for the work, or fitted for it by nature or educa tion. I would be -willing to have my tombstone set up next year, if it could only bear the inscription, " He died in giving freedom to slaves. " " Oh ! do stop, " implored Lillie, who entered in time to D 74 Miss RAVENEL S CONVERSION hear the concluding sentence. " What do you talk about your tombstone for ? You will get perfectly addled about abolition, like all the rest. Now, papa, you ought to be more consistent. You didn t use to be so violent against slavery. You have changed since five years ago. " " I know it, " says the Doctor. " But that doesn t prove that I am wrong now. I wasn t infallible five years ago. Why, my dear, the progress of our race from barbarism to civilization is through the medium of constant change. If the race is benefited by it, why not the individual ? I am a sworn foe to consistency and conservation. To stick obstinately to our old opinions, because they are old, is as foolish as...