The Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge, 1848-1879
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| Author | : Dolly Sumner Lunt |
| Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0820318639 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780820318639 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge, 1848-1879 by : Dolly Sumner Lunt
Book excerpt: Having moved from Maine with her physician husband in the 1840s, Dolly lost her husband and her only living child to illness by the time she began the diary at age thirty. A devout and self-sufficient schoolteacher, she soon married her second husband, Thomas Burge, a planter and widowed father of four. Upon his death in 1858, Dolly ran the plantation independently through the Civil War, remaining on the land during Sherman's infamous march through the area. After making the transition from slave labor to tenant farming, Dolly was married a third and final time to the Rev. William Parks, a prominent Methodist minister.
