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What shall we read in May, 2020? Books published 1980 or before.

 
  15 votes 28.3%

 
  10 votes 18.9%

 
  10 votes 18.9%

 
  8 votes 15.1%

 
  6 votes 11.3%

 
  4 votes 7.5%

53 total votes

Poll added by: Tom



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Authors:
Tennessee Williams, Verna Mae Slone, Mary Boykin Chesnut, Josephine Winslow Johnson, John Ehle, William Faulkner

Books:
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof What My Heart Wants To Tell Now in November The Land Breakers Knight's Gambit A Diary from Dixie: A Journal of the Confederacy, 1860-1865

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message 1: by Tom (new)
Mar 19, 2020 08:11PM

Tom Mathews Mod
I've often thought of nominating A Diary from Dixie: A Journal of the Confederacy, 1860-1865 as I last read it in college. It is possibly the best memoir ever written about the Civil War. I recently read a quirky review of it by Ta-Nehisi Coates which he led off with:

The Southern diarist, Mary Chesnut is so smart, and so observant, and so wonderfully satirical, that her aristocratic racism just comes out of nowhere and slaps the you back to reality.



message 2: by Janice (JG) (last edited Mar 21, 2020 06:35PM) (new)
Mar 21, 2020 06:33PM

Janice (JG) Tom wrote: "I've often thought of nominating A Diary from Dixie: A Journal of the Confederacy, 1860-1865 as I last read it in college. It is possibly the best memoir ever written about the Civi..."

I have a different version I think, Mary Chestnut's Civil War, would this be an acceptable substitute should it win?

Also, for those who haven't read it, The Landbreakers is absolutely wonderful.


message 3: by Kathryn in FL (new)
Mar 24, 2020 11:12AM

Kathryn in FL The link for "A Diary from Dixie..." won't be released until 8/2020 so I don't know if others will select another book since a specific published version is selected. There are four copies at least of Mary Chesnut's book.


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