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Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secessions to Loyalty

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ISBN-10: 0140437576

ISBN-13: 9780140437577

Edition: 2000

Authors: John W. De Forest, Gary Scharnhorst

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List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 544
Size: 5.20" wide x 7.76" long x 1.02" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

John William De Forest was a writer. His major novel, Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty (1867), and two works, A Volunteer's Adventures (published posthumously in 1946) and A Union Officer in the Reconstruction (published posthumously in 1948), which originally appeared in the Atlantic Monthly and Putnam's magazines, show detailed pictures of the society and manners of the South during and after the Civil War. De Forest was born in Seymour, Connecticut, and his first published work was the History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850 (1851). He lived with his brother in Syria for several years and traveled widely through the Near East and…    

Introduction
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
Mr. Edward Colburne becomes acquainted with Miss Lillie Ravenel
Miss Ravenel becomes acquainted with Lieutenant-Colonel Carter
Mr. Colburne takes a Segar with Lieutenant-Colonel Carter
The Dramatic Personages go on a Pic-nic, and study the Ways of New Boston
The Dramatic Personages get News from Bull Run
Mr. Colburne sees his Way clear to be a Soldier
Captain Colburne raises a Company, and Colonel Carter a Regiment
The Brave bid Good-bye to the Fair
From New Boston to New Orleans, via Fort Jackson
The Ravenels find Captain Colburne in good Quarters
New Orleans Life and New Orleans Ladies
Colonel Carter befriends the Ravenels
The Course of True Love begins to run rough
Lillie chooses for herself
Lillie bids Good-bye to the Lover whom she has chosen, and to the Lover whom she would not choose
Colonel Carter gains one Victory, and Miss Ravenel another
Colonel Carter is entirely victorious before he begins his Campaign
Doctor Ravenel commences the Reorganization of Southern Labor
The Reorganization of Southern Labor is continued with Vigor
Captain Colburne marches and fights with Credit
Captain Colburne has Occasion to see Life in a Hospital
Captain Colburne re-enforces the Ravenels in Time to aid them in running away
Captain Colburne covers the Retreat of the Southern Labor Organization
A desperate Attack and a successful Defence
Domestic Happiness in spite of adverse Circumstances
Captain Colburne describes Camp and Field Life
Colonel Carter makes an Astronomical Expedition with a dangerous Fellow-traveller
The Colonel continues to be led into Temptation
Lillie reaches the Apotheosis of Womanhood
Colonel Carter commits his first ungentlemanly Action
A Torture which might have been spared
A most logical Conclusion
Lillie devotes herself entirely to the Rising Generation
Lillie's Attention is recalled to the Rising Generation
Captain Colburne as Mr. Colburne
A Brace of Offers
A Marriage
Explanatory Notes