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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All is a 1989 first novel by Allan Gurganus which was on the New York Times Best Seller list for eight months. It won the Sue Kaufman Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, was a main selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and sold over four million copies.
- Allan Gurganus
- 1989
A TV mini series based on a book by Allan Gurganus, starring Diane Lane and Anne Bancroft as Lucy Marsden, a widow of a Confederate veteran. The series won four Primetime Emmys and explores Lucy's life from childhood to old age.
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- 1994-05-01
- Drama, War
- 113
Oct 16, 2001 · Allan Gurganus's Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All 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.
- (359)
- Allan Gurganus
- $17.89
- Vintage
A classic novel about Lucy Marsden, a ninety-nine-year-old widow of a Confederate veteran, who shares her witty and insightful stories of Southern history and culture. The book is a humorous and poignant exploration of the South's tragic and self-perceived glory.
Oct 1, 1984 · 6,268 ratings426 reviews. Allan Gurganus's Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All became an instant classic upon its publication. Critics and readers alike fell in love with the voice of ninety-nine-year-old Lucy Marsden, one of the most entertaining and loquacious heoines in American literature. Lucy married at the turn of the last century ...
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- Paperback
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All is a 1994 American television miniseries written by Joyce Eliason and based on the 1989 novel by Allan Gurganus. It was directed by Ken Cameron and starred Diane Lane, Donald Sutherland, Cicely Tyson and Anne Bancroft . The miniseries won several Emmy Awards, including an Outstanding Supporting Actress ...
Aug 19, 1989 · Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All. Hardcover – August 19, 1989. Lucy Marsden looks back on her long life and her experiences as the wife of a Civil War veteran, recounting the combat and the historical figures of the war years, as well as the hidden conflicts of domesticity.
- Allan Gurganus
