Download or read book The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai written by Dianne Ashton and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book offers a vivid look at the wartime experiences of a Southern Jewish white woman, a slaveholder who was forced to leave her home due to the upheavals of the Civil War but maintained a fierce devotion to her family and to the Confederate values that shaped her world"--