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The Shift In Cultural Weather | Walter Edgar's Journal - Episode 3

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Dr. Stern goes into the South’s reaction to the Witherspoon Murder, and how people in the South were cautious regarding the threat of slave rebellions.  She then analyzes Mary Chesnut’s use of the sphinx analogy to describe her butler.

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The Shift In Cultural Weather  | Walter Edgar's Journal
 - Episode 3 Mary Chesnut's Scrapbook  | Walter Edgar's Journal

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Mary Chesnut's Scrapbook | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 2
Dr. Julia Stern discusses writing her book Mary Chesnut’s Civil War Epic, and recounts meeting the descendants of Mary Chesnut, along with seeing Chesnut’s personal photo album, containing photos of...
The Shift In Cultural Weather  | Walter Edgar's Journal
 - Episode 3 The Feuds  | Walter Edgar's Journal

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The Feuds | Walter Edgar's Journal
Episode 6
In this segment on Mary Chesnut’s diary, Dr. Stern discusses the feuds between Joe Johnston and Jefferson Davis, along with one between Mary Chesnut and Lucy Pickens. Dr. Stern finishes this segment...