{"product_id":"2940014974448","title":"Diary of a Refugee","description":"INTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e        IT was while I was spending the summer in Virginia, where I had gone in search of quiet and rest, after my extensive tour through the country, that I saw in one of the papers an appeal from a Historical Society, to those who had any real data in regard to the Civil War to publish it, as so many who were connected with the war on both sides were rapidly dying off.\u003cbr\u003e        I remembered a diary kept during the war by a member of my family, who was a woman of rare qualities of brain, and heart, with an unusually just mind. I felt sure that anything written by her would be so liberal and fair that it could not fail but prove interesting reading, for the people of both the North and the South. From what she had told me, and remembering as a child many things myself, I am able to fill in the gaps when necessary.\u003cbr\u003e        While preparing the Diary for publication, I saw the possibility of making an interesting drama from it, so I have dramatized it, giving the play as title the famous words of General Grant, \"Let us have peace.\" I have also obtained permission of General Frederick Grant to have his father, General U. S. Grant, impersonated on the stage.\u003cbr\u003e        Several years ago I read a book called \"Ground Arms,\" by an Austrian noblewoman, which made a strong impression upon me, for it was written with great power and ability, and was an eloquent protest against the evils of war.\u003cbr\u003e        If either \"The Diary of a Refugee\" or the play can in any way convey the horrors of war to the public and make them feel as I do in regard to the terrible suffering and misery which it entails upon so many innocent people, then indeed I shall feel that my work has not been in vain. This is the spirit that has prompted me to edit the Diary and to dramatize it. I hope the public, on reading the book and seeing the play, will take my representation of Southern life as a true one, and after following the family through their trials and troubles, will understand with what great sincerity and thankfulness they echo General Grant's famous words, \"Let us have peace.\"\u003cbr\u003e        It is with great pleasure that I give a letter received from Admiral Dewey expressing his approval of the description given in the \"Diary of a Refugee\" of the battle of Port Hudson, as the Admiral was on the\"Mississippi\" at the time.","brand":"MONANGOTUSK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084141674736,"sku":"2940014974448","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014974448_p0.jpg?v=1763618174","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014974448","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}