Live Your Own Life: The Family Papers of Mary Bayard Clarke, 1854-1886 (Women's Diaries and Letters of the South)

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Summary: A real life Gone With The Wind story
Review: Amazing book. The real account of a Southern heroine from North Carolina, Mary Bayard Clarke. She travels early America, including Texas and Cuba (you can certainly see she lives up to her motto, the title "Life your own life"). The historical detail and meticulous research by the authors brings out her rich and wonderful writing and poetry. I recommend it as a great addition for any Civil War or North Carolina history buff.