Bibliograph

Wild sweeps the wind, a novel based on the real life Civil War diary of Phebe F. Beach, Esquire, Caroline D. Grimm

Type

Label

Wild sweeps the wind, a novel based on the real life Civil War diary of Phebe F. Beach, Esquire, Caroline D. Grimm

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Wild sweeps the wind

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Caroline D. Grimm

Series statement

Voices of Pondicherry, book 1

Sub title

a novel based on the real life Civil War diary of Phebe F. Beach, Esquire

Summary

"I wish some great catastrophe would happen to somebody (not me, of course) so that I might have something of importance to set down in my journal. But, I suppose everyone's journal (who is foolish enough to keep one) is made up of everyday incidents, mixed up with a startling love adventure now and then." Phebe F. Beach July 1, 1857 In 1857, Phebe Beach, a young woman from Bridgton, Maine was coming of age, beset by the constraints of a society that expected her to marry and become in her words "a stocking darner and a baby manufacturer." She shared her frustrations in a diary she began writing that year. Her lively, lighthearted descriptions of annoying suitors, girlish rivalries, and social gatherings soon gave way to other more tragic happenings as the nation hurtled into civil war. Based on a true story

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor