| Date: | February 08, 2023 |
| Time: | 7:00 - 8:00 PM |
| Venue: | Edwards Hall (New River Community College) |
| Description: |
The New River Community College Educational Foundation presents a Book Reading of "The Wharton's War" by the editors of the book on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 inside Edwards Hall Room 117 on New River Community College's Dublin, VA campus. "The Whartons’ War: The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton, 1863-1865" covers the personal communication between a Confederate War general and his wife. The book is a long-awaited collection of historic letters published by co-editors William C. Davis and Sue Heth Bell. The book shares letters from March 1863 to July 1865 between Confederate General Gabriel Wharton and his wife Anne Radford, who were separated by 20 years in age, by politics, and by the social classes from which they sprang, but both were highly educated, articulate, well informed, and unfailingly interesting. In 524 letters between them, writing sometimes twice or even three times a day, they illuminated their growing romance as two relative strangers got to know each other and love each other through their pens. Davis was a professor of history at Virginia Tech and is the author or editor of more than 50 books on the Civil War and southern history. Bell is the Whartons’ great-great granddaughter. While rummaging in her parents’ garage, she discovered the cache of letters that became the foundation for this book. The reading will be followed by a book signing with the editors. Admission is free and all are welcome. An RSVP for the event is requested, but not required. To RSVP for the event, contact the NRCC Educational Foundation at foundation@nr.edu or call 540-674-3618. To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/jd5hbmLP/image.png. Edwards Hall is located at 5251 College Drive in Dublin, VA on the campus of New River Community College. For more information, visit: https://www.nr.edu/news/more.php?id=1650 or https://www.facebook.com/nrccfb/ or https://www.facebook.com/events/506834631432838. |