The Roman Years of a South Carolina Artist: Caroline Carson's Letters Home, 1872-1892

The Roman Years of a southerly Carolina Artist: Caroline Carson's alphabetic characters Home, 1872-1892. Edited and with an introduction by means of William H. Pease and Jane H Pease. Women's Diaries and alphabetic characters of the South. (Columbia: University of southerly Carolina Press, c. 2003. Pp xxxii, 275 $3995 ISBN 1-57003-500-8)

Caroline Carson, the senior daughter of South Carolina Unionist James L Petigru, relocated permanently to Europe in 1872 to hound her dream of becoming a painter. At fifty-two, Carson sought stability after nearly three decades of personal [i]melee[/i] For ...