John William De Forest

Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty

Civil War novel following a Louisiana woman's political and moral transformation

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John William De Forest
John William De Forest

John William De Forest wrote Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty, which William Dean Howells called the first realistic American Civil War novel. His frank depiction of combat and his ironic social observation were far ahead of their time.

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