Edith D. Pope And Her Nashville Friends: Guardians Of The Lost Cause In Review

This book traces the career of Edith Pope, editor of the Confederate Veteran from 1913-32, who turned the magazine, originally a repository for the wartime reminiscences of Confederate soldiers, into the official mouthpiece for the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Through this vehicle, Pope became a leading champion of the "Lost Cause" movement in the post-Civil War South. Read more...