Book Launch of "The Whartons' War" by William C. "Jack" Davis and Sue Heth Bell
Venue: Radford City Public Safety Building, Radford
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Friday, August 19, 2022
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery and the Board of Directors of the Radford Heritage Foundation presents the Book Launch of "The Whartons' War" by William C. "Jack" Davis and Sue Heth Bell on Friday, August 19, 2022 inside the Radford City Public Safety Building.

A book nearly 160 years in the making is now illuminating life during the Civil War in Southwest Virginia. The book, which has just been released by the University of North Carolina Press, features the wartime correspondence between Confederate newlyweds Brigadier General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton. The surviving 524 letters are astounding and reveal that we still have so much to learn about our history.

Co-edited by William C. Davis, a former professor of history at Virginia Tech and the author or editor of 50 books on Civil War and Southern history, and Sue Heth Bell, the Whartons’ great-great granddaughter, "The Whartons’ War" is one of the fullest known sets of correspondence by a high-level officer and his wife from the time of their courtship to the end of the war when Gabriel C. Wharton swore loyalty to the United States and accepted parole before returning to his home in Radford.

Separated by 20 years in age and differing opinions on many subjects, these two well-educated and articulate Virginians frankly discussed their thoughts on generals and politicians, the course of the war, the fate of the Confederacy, life at home and their wavering loyalties. They also explored the shifting gender roles brought on by the war, changing relations between slave owners and enslaved people and much more.

The authors will provide insight into the couple’s correspondence and how the book developed during a multi-year process. A book signing will follow and copies will be available to purchase.

The new home they eventually built in Radford just above the New River is today the Glencoe Mansion, Museum & Gallery.

The Radford City Public Safety Building is located at 10 Robertson Street in Radford, VA.

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For more information, visit https://www.glencoemansion.org/events/book-reading-and-signing or https://www.facebook.com/Glencoe-Mansion-Museum-Gallery-164019760295858/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/467975221843514.

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