Edwin Weller (1839–1908)
Auteur de A Civil War courtship: The letters of Edwin Weller From Antietam to Atlanta
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: public domain
Œuvres de Edwin Weller
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1839
- Date de décès
- 1908-03-31
- Lieu de sépulture
- Montour Cemetery Montour Falls Schuyler County New York, USA
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Chemung County New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Montour Falls Schuyler County New York, USA
- Professions
- owner dry goods store
- Organisations
- United States Army 1st (Lieutenant)
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 1
- Membres
- 26
- Popularité
- #495,361
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 1
Sadly, some key elements are missing, at no fault of the Weller family or author. While a great source of information, only Edwin's letters survived, making the book one-sided. It's left to the imagination what Nettie's replies to Edwin were. Seemingly, based on Edwin's letters, we can assume she talked about friends and parties in Havana, was jealous that Edwin had a photograph of another girl, and had other male suitors. This book would be golden if Nettie's side of the romance had survived.
Unfortunately, it also seems that a few key letters are missing. While the flirting builds over the course of the letters, there's no letter that outright asks Nettie to marry him. It's like they go from friends to secretly engaged during a big gap. It's understandable if the letter was lost, however, I would have liked more comments from the author on his opinion or family memories of what happened during this gap. The moment of engagement is kinda key in a courtship. I was interested in how he'd word his question.
Overall, it's an interesting history read, a good example of long-distance dating in the wayback. It shines a lot of light on how the war and fighting was communicated to female friends and family in the North. Edwin is usually cheerful, focuses on the good, and at times seems more like he's on vacation than at war.… (plus d'informations)