A Divided Heart

Letters of Sally Baxter Hampton, 1853-1862

• Author(s): Sally Baxter Hampton,
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
• Pages: 146
• ISBN_10: 0964057603
  ISBN_13: 9780964057609
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , History / United States / General , History / United States / 19th Century , History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) , History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) , Literary Collections / Letters ,

Description:... Sally Baxter--the beautiful New York belle who captivated Thackeray, personifying his heroine Beatrix Esmond, and who then married into South Carolina's famous Hampton family and became mistress of Woodlands plantation--left a small collection of letters that are both informative and entertaining. In a clear and uninhibited style, she tells the poignant story of her short life as she reports on social events and plantation life and records her observation on politics and the impending civil war. --From cover.