Devotion: A novel based on the life of Winnie Davis, Daughter of the Confederacy

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Devotion A฀novel฀based฀on฀the฀life฀of฀Winnie฀Davis,฀ Daughter฀of฀the฀Confederacy julia฀oliver The฀University฀of฀Georgia฀Press฀ Athens฀&฀London Published฀by฀the฀University฀of฀Georgia฀Press Athens,฀Georgia฀30602 Copyright฀©฀2006฀by฀Julia฀Oliver All฀rights฀reserved Designed฀by฀Erin฀Kirk฀New Set฀in฀New฀Baskerville Printed฀and฀bound฀by฀Thomson-Shore Frontispiece:฀Portrait฀of฀Varina฀Anne฀(Winnie)฀Davis฀฀ by฀A.฀G.฀Heaton,฀1892.฀Reproduced฀by฀permission฀of฀฀ Confederate฀Memorial฀Hall,฀New฀Orleans,฀La.฀฀ Photographed฀by฀Claude฀Levet. The฀paper฀in฀this฀book฀meets฀the฀guidelines฀for permanence฀and฀durability฀of฀the฀Committee฀on Production฀Guidelines฀for฀Book฀Longevity฀of฀the Council฀on฀Library฀Resources. Printed฀in฀the฀United฀States฀of฀America 10฀ 09฀ 08฀ 07฀ 06฀ c฀ 5฀ 4฀ 3฀ 2฀ 1 Library฀of฀Congress฀Cataloging-in-Publication฀Data Oliver,฀Julia. Devotion฀:฀a฀novel฀/฀Julia฀Oliver. ฀ ฀ p.฀ ฀ cm. isbn-13:฀978-0-8203-2874-4฀(hardcover฀:฀alk.฀paper) isbn-10:฀0-8203-2874-x฀(hardcover฀:฀alk.฀paper) 1.฀Davis,฀Varina฀Anne,฀1864–1898฀—฀Fiction.฀ ฀ 2.฀United฀States฀—฀History฀—฀Civil฀War,฀1861–1865฀—฀Fiction.฀ ฀ 3.฀Children฀of฀presidents฀—฀Confederate฀States฀of฀America฀—฀Fiction.฀ ฀ 4.฀Confederate฀States฀of฀America฀—฀Fiction.฀ I.฀Title.฀ ps3565.l477d48฀2006 813'.54—฀dc22฀ ฀ 2006014102 British฀Library฀Cataloging-in-Publication฀Data฀available For฀My฀Family This page intentionally left blank I฀only฀know฀that฀none฀ever฀measured฀฀ the฀height฀and฀breadth฀and฀depth฀of฀the฀soul฀฀ of฀Winnie฀Davis.฀It฀brought฀a฀secret฀into฀the฀world;฀฀ it฀carried฀it฀out.฀No฀one฀ever฀guessed฀it. —harry฀stillwell฀edwards,฀1899 This page intentionally left blank ...