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Dreamer and the Widow Heroine of a War Era
A narrator recalls two idealized loves from youth, Mae and Cleopatra, then shifts to a Vermont cottage tale of Rachel Douglass, a poor housekeeper who marries a city suitor after her father consents, while a moral reckoning unfolds about sacrifice. A later scene reveals a widow’s hardship following her husband’s death in battle Fort Donelson and a reflection on true patriotism beyond affluent gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Madison
Mae
Tominlin
Cleopata
Ocean Hall
Harry
Geor
Geld
Angee
Paul
Georgia
Newport
Georgia Courtlad
Saratoga
Georgia Courtland
Nahant
MD Mast
Cleopatra
Lily Evans
Evans
Oma
Lily
Otley
Arthur
Texas
San
Green Mountain
Lonefellow
Rachel Douglass
Cabell
the Spectator
Doddridge
Rachel
Mothe
Jennie
Ellen
Ieamed
Lfe
Rachel Doug
Cleopatra Tsaw
Jeanie
Childe Harold
Mr. Douglass
Douglags
Madison
Willin
Catharine Duncan
Catharine
Sunny Mae
Aetter
Tompkins
Anbody
Fla
Preston
Silver and Gold, and I Understood Mr. ‘Praston
Mr. Preston
Fort Donelson
Ben
Arnia