The Life and Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston
Download or Read eBook The Life and Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston PDF written by Elizabeth Allan and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Elizabeth Allan |
| Publisher | : CreateSpace |
| Total Pages | : 392 |
| Release | : 2012-07-26 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1478308095 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781478308096 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Life and Letters of Margaret Junkin Preston by : Elizabeth Allan
Book excerpt: Originally published in 1903, this is a biography of Margaret Junkin Preston who was born in Pennsylvania and married in Lexington, Virginia. Daughter of a once president of Washington College (later Washington and Lee University), she married Major John T. L. Preston, who helped found the Virginia Military Institute and taught Latin there. Margaret's sister Eleanor married Major Thomas Jonathan Jackson, later famous as "Stonewall" Jackson.
