Four Hundred Years of Virginia, 1584-1984: An AnthologyThis anthology presents an amazingly varied wealth of brief selections from histories, biographies, novels, and poems written over four centuries about Virginia and Virginians. Some of the works included are Ellen Glasgow's The Woman Within, Richard Evelyn Byrd's Alone, Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia, William Byrd's secret diaries, and Edgar Allan Poe's letters to and from Richmond. |
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Williamsburg and William Byrd | 27 |
Revolution and Union | 53 |
The Confederacy and After | 81 |
Copyright | |
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