Catherine M Clinton

In these selections from her 'Journal of Residence on a Georgian Plantation' Fanny Kemble gives us a searing, eyewitness account of women in slavery in the antebellum South. With an introduction by Catherine Clinton, this special edition showcases Kemble's unique "insider" but "outsider" ability to ...

Drawing from a wealth of poignant letters, diaries, slave narratives, and other accounts, the author provides a vivid social and cultural history of the diverse communities of southern women during the Civil War. Photographs, drawings, prints and other period illustrations bring this buried chapter ...

Whether it was planter patriarchs struggling to maintain authority, or Jewish families coerced by Christian evangelicalism, or wives and mothers left behind to care for slaves and children, the Civil War took a terrible toll. From the bustling sidewalks of Richmond to the parched plains of the Texas...

No American needs to be told that the Civil War brought the United States to a critical juncture in its history. The war changed forever the face of the nation, the nature of American politics, the status of African-Americans, and the daily lives of millions of people. Yet few of us understand how t...

“This engaging, wonderfully written narrative provides fresh insight into this complex woman. It is a triumph.” —Doris Kearns Goodwin Catherine Clinton, author of the award-winning Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom, returns with Mrs. Lincoln, the first new biography in almost 20 years of Mary Todd...

This new paperback edition of the successful "Scholastic Encyclopedia of the Civil War" gives a highly visual and chronological account of our nation's bloodiest war. It features a striking new cover.This year-by-year account of the war which tore our country apart tells the story of the Civil War t...

Celebrated for her courageous exploits as a conductor on the Underground Railroad, Harriet Tubman has entered history as one of nineteenth-century America's most enduring and important figures. But just who was this remarkable woman? To John Brown, leader of the Harpers Ferry slave uprising, she was...