{"product_id":"used-oldest-living-confederate-widow-tells-all","title":"Used - Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAllan Gurganus's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e became an instant classic upon its publication. Critics and readers alike fell in love with the voice of ninety-nine-year-old Lucy Marsden, one of the most entertaining and loquacious heoines in American literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the \"War for Southern Independence\", Lucy became a \"veteran of the veteran\" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home--complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy-striper.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Publish date - 1984 - used hardcover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53279483298102,"sku":null,"price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/8714\/8342\/files\/IMG-3434.heic?v=1763496336","url":"https:\/\/thenandnowbookshop.com\/products\/used-oldest-living-confederate-widow-tells-all","provider":"Then \u0026 Now Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}