Noted nineteenth-century South Carolina historian William James Rivers penned this lost tale of the Reconstruction era years before the Lost Cause romance became a genre all its own. Published here for the first time, Eunice combines the historical treasure trove of the author's eyewitness accounts of the Civil War and Reconstruction with his literary plot about a Southern woman choosing love over conventional expectations. Eunice opens with an account of the burning of Columbia on February 17, 1865, drawn from River's own firsthand experience of the event. The novel centers on Eunice...
Noted nineteenth-century South Carolina historian William James Rivers penned this lost tale of the Reconstruction era years before the Lost Cause rom...
