CHRISTMAS IN THE CONFEDERATE WHITEHOUSE

by Varina Davis

Overview

A Short Story written for the New York World newspaper in 1896 by Varina Davis, First Lady of the Confederacy Varina Davis, tells a heart-warming story about the Davis Family Christmas 1864. You see a side of Jefferson Davis you'd never expect as he plays Santa for orphans.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012525574
Publisher:	Cherry Lane Ebooks
Publication date:	12/28/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	474 KB

About the Author

Varina Banks Howell Davis (May 7, 1826 – October 16, 1906) was an American author who was best-known as the First Lady of the Confederate States of America, second wife of President Jefferson Davis. She held contradictory attitudes on gender, race, region, wealth, and the Confederacy itself. A dutiful obedient wife, she ignored her husband's affairs. She had accepted slavery but never was enthusiastic about secession or the Confederacy, and was not highly visible during the war.