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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
by Allan Gurganus | Literature & Fiction
Registered by GirlieGoalie of Dallas, Georgia USA on Tuesday, April 22, 2003
Average 7 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by lostbookisland): reserved


5 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by GirlieGoalie from Dallas, Georgia USA on Tuesday, April 22, 2003

This book has not been rated.

Picked this up today at a used bookstore in Lexington, MA. Adding to my to be read pile.

Amazon Description:
Allan Gurganus's Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All became an instant classic upon its publication. Critics and readers alike fell in love with the voice of ninety-nine-year-old Lucy Marsden, one of the most entertaining and loquacious heoines in American literature.

Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home--complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy-striper. Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All is proof that brilliant, emotional storytelling remains at the heart of great fiction.


BookRing

1) Wandeca (Canada)
2) Ardy(PA)
3) grace327 (PA)<------ Currently with
4) Katharine (CA) --- added 7/2/03
5) tootshelling (AZ) --- added 7/21/03

6) JPandJo (MA) 


Journal Entry 2 by Wandeca from Kitchener, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, July 08, 2003

This book has not been rated.

I got the book in the mail today, I'm the first stop of the Bookring! I'm planning on starting the book either this afternoon or tomorrow. 


Journal Entry 3 by Wandeca from Kitchener, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, July 15, 2003

7 out of 10

I really enjoyed reading this book. I reminds me of my grandmother, the way she loves telling stories.....Lucy Marsden is a natural storyteller. Although she is 99 years old, blind and confined to a home I found her very insightful.

I will be looking for a copy of my own and circulating it among my friends....



 


Journal Entry 4 by Wandeca from Kitchener, Ontario Canada on Friday, July 18, 2003

This book has not been rated.

The book continues its journey.....Mailed to Ardy! Hope you enjoy it! 


Journal Entry 5 by Ardy from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA on Tuesday, July 29, 2003

This book has not been rated.

Received in the mail today- Thanks! 


Journal Entry 6 by Ardy from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania USA on Wednesday, November 19, 2003

8 out of 10

Very entertaining! I believe in Lucy Marsden- even if the author has clearly stated that this is a novel! 


Journal Entry 7 by wingAnonymousFinderwing on Sunday, November 23, 2003

This book has not been rated.

Thank you Ardy and please no worry about time I am in no hurry and thank you for the Xmas card that was sweet


CAUGHT IN GLENSIDE PENNSYLVANIA USA 


Journal Entry 8 by lostbookisland on Tuesday, March 13, 2007

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This book has washed ashore at the Lost Book Island after not being heard from for many months. This new arrival will be shown to a room and be allowed a bit of rest before being introduced to the many fun things to do here at the island.

All around there are books sipping cool drinks under shady palms while other books participate in a wide variety of beach sports. There is plenty of sand, surf and sun here for all of the lost and wayward books to enjoy.

It is hoped that very soon a new journal entry will come to rescue this book from the island and send it back out into the BookCrossing world so that it may continue on its journey. It is hoped that the new journal entry will tell all the interested parties where this book has been this long time and where it will be traveling to next.
 




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