Brokenburn: The Journal of Kate Stone, 1861-1868 by Kate StoneMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
In her early 20s, Kate Stone journaled a diary through the Civil War from her plantation home Brokenburn Plantation in the Mississippi Delta to refugee flight across the state to Tyler, TX and areas.
Sometimes seeing humanity in the "darkies", she tries to maintain a life of novel-reading, huckleberry-gathering, and socializing while her brothers are pulled away into the war and eventually the "Yankees" arrive regardless.
It is not all war rumors and eroding quality of life. There is, for instance, a comet:
June 30
There is a comet visible tonight. We were surprised to see it, as we did not know it was expected. Have seen nothing of it in the papers. It is not very bright but has the appearance of a large star, Venus at her brightest, with a long train of light seen dimly as through a mist. Jimmy first discovered it. Two splendid meteors fell just above it, and the boys said it was a big star chased by little ones trying to regain its orbit.
Also, sewing up gloves, hats, and jackets as sell as making food like souse.
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