When Will The Weary War Be Over? The Civil War Letters Of The Maverick Family Of San Antonio

MARKS, PAULA MITCHELL [EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION & EPILOGUE BY]

Publication: Book Club of Texas, 2008, Dallas

First edition. 8vo. Inscribed and dated on the title page by the editor. Limited to 450 copies. Tan silk material, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, and on a small label affixed to the front cover, 235 [2] pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated, plates, portraits, epilogue, appendix, works consulted. The Civil War letters of the Maverick family during the war. Of special interest are letters from Mary Adams Maverick to her sons Lewis, Willie, and George. In her letter dated February 21, 1864, to her son Lewis Antonio Maverick she wrote "I hope you are quite well again. Oh, when will the weary war be over? God hasten peace & bless you, dear Lewis." Fine, bright copy without dust jacket, as issued.

Inventory Number: 50039