{"product_id":"9780375726637","title":"Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All","description":"\u003cp\u003eAllan Gurganus's \u003cb\u003eOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All\u003c\/b\u003e became an instant classic upon its publication. Critics and readers alike fell in love with the voice of ninety-nine-year-old Confederate widow Lucy Marsden, one of the most entertaining and loquacious heroines in American literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy married at the turn of the twentieth century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the \"War for Southern Independence,\" Lucy became a \"veteran of the veteran\" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Lucy’s story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home—complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy striper. \u003cb\u003eOldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All\u003c\/b\u003e is a marvel of narrative showmanship and proof that brilliant, emotional storytelling remains at the heart of great fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47016420671728,"sku":"9780375726637","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375726637_p0.jpg?v=1763692237","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375726637","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}