Varina (signed first edition)
New York: Ecco Books, 2018. First edition. Hardcover. Fine, fresh, unread copy in equally fine dust jacket. First edition, first printing. SIGNED BY FRAZIER ON A SPECIALLY BOUND IN SHEET prior to the half title. Hardcover. The author of "Cold Mountain" returns to that time and place, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War. The plot centers around Varina Howell, who as a teenager agrees to marry the much older widower Jefferson Davis. She expects a quiet life of a Mississippi landowner but Davis pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy. Late in the war, with the Confederacy failing, her marriage in tatters, and the country divided, Varina and her children escape Richmond, travelling south on their own, now fugitives with "bounties on their heads, an entire nation in pursuit" Fine / fine. Item #E33070
ISBN: 9780062856166
Price: $45.00