The Westover Journal of John A. Selden, Esqr,, 1858-1862

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Excerpt from The Westover Journal of John A. Selden, Esqr, , 1858-1862: With an Introduction and NotesThe history of social life in the ante-bellum South is em bodied to a large extent in the history of the Southern planta tion. To know what the persons did who lived on such an estate, to see how they conducted their labors and spent their leisure, to understand their ideals and their aspirations, is to know what the Old Southern life was like. In the Journal here published all these things are re¿ected with a degree of accuracy that challenges dispute. It is the record Of a man who had a strong sense of detail and who wrote for the purpose of express ing the thoughts and interests that occupied his daily life. Most probably he never thought that the work would be published. It has every indication of being an unconscious witness of what he did and thought. It speaks for itself to him who would know the character of a phase of life that is irrevocably past, a life that has Often been described under the in¿uence of romantic motives, a life that will never be better portrayed than in the candid pages Of such men as Mr. Selden.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.