Preface: the provenance and transcription of the letters -- Acknowledgments -- The Dumvilles and their times -- 1851-1853 : Family matters -- 1854-1855 : Cholera -- 1856-1857 : Political awareness -- 1858-1860 : The Lincoln-Douglas elections -- 1861-1863 : the war -- The letters end -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary
The intimate and the epic in the lives of four prairie women