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- Dearest Hugh : the Courtship Letters of Gabrielle Drake and Hugh Mccoll, 1900-1901
- Publication Name
- Dearest Hugh
- Title
- Dearest Hugh
- Subtitle
- The Courtship Letters of Gabrielle Drake and Hugh McColl, 1900-19
- Contributor
- Suzanne Cameron Linder Hurley (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781570039720
- ISBN
- 9781570039720
- Publisher
- University of South Carolina Press
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, History, Literary Collections, Social Science
- Release Date
- 30/05/2012
- Release Year
- 2012
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Weight
- 200g
- Publication Year
- 2012
- Item Length
- 9in
- Topic
- Love & Romance, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Letters, Life Stages / General, General, Women's Studies, Customs & Traditions
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 224 Pages
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Dearest Hugh offers a glimpse into what romance and marriage meant for a southern couple at the dawn of our modern age through a collection of some three hundred love letters exchanged between Gabrielle Drake and Hugh McColl from 1900 to 1901. Edited by Suzanne Cameron Linder Hurley, this correspondence illustrates the hopes and sacrifices of an upper-class couple forging a marriage in the small town of Bennettsville, South Carolina. Hugh McColl was a cashier at the Bank of Marlboro, of which his father was president, when he began courting Gabrielle Drake, a schoolteacher and daughter of the clerk of court for Marlboro County. Most of their visits were chaperoned, but Hugh and Gabrielle could speak more freely in their correspondence and they exchanged notes--often two or three a day--detailing their private emotions, desires, and anxieties. The letters address equality within the relationship, Gabrielle's career, choosing and furnishing a home, and allocation of household chores. Hugh's letters are earnest, sincere, affectionate, and sometimes suggestive. His devotion to business and community is clear, as is his concern over being able to provide for a family. Gabrielle's writings are coquettish and playful, but she also anguishes over choosing between a career and a spouse. The attitudes expressed by both Hugh and Gabrielle also speak to the ambitious drive and community-minded dedication the McColls would later instill in their family, including grandson Hugh McColl, the former president and CEO of Bank of America. Hurley's insightful introduction places the correspondence into the broader context of recent scholarship on courtship rituals and the changing educational and social status for women during this time in American life.
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University of South Carolina Press
ISBN-10
1570039720
ISBN-13
9781570039720
eBay Product ID (ePID)
92446738
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Book Title
Dearest Hugh : the Courtship Letters of Gabrielle Drake and Hugh Mccoll, 1900-1901
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Love & Romance, United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Letters, Life Stages / General, General, Women's Studies, Customs & Traditions
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, History, Literary Collections, Social Science
Number of Pages
224 Pages
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Item Length
9in
Item Width
6in
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Through a collection of hundreds of love letters, Dearest Hugh provides an intimate glimpse into early-twentieth-century courtship practices as experienced by members of the prominent McColl and Drake families of Bennettsville, South Carolina, while also offering a wealth of genealogical and historical insights into the couple's hometown and its surroundings. With her vast knowledge of Marlboro County, Suzanne Hurley gives readers a variety of local historical facts and connects this fascinating couple's courtship to prevailing customs of their time. From banks and buggies to families and farms, Dearest Hugh paints an informative, enlightening, and entertaining portrait of life and love in small-town South Carolina during the dawn of the twentieth century. This is a welcome addition to literature on our local history. William Light Kinney, Jr., editor and publisher, Marlboro Herald-Advocate, Bennettsville, South Carolina, "Dearest Hugh provides a unique window into the social life and courtship practices of southern gentry during the opening years of the twentieth century. . . . Hurley masterfully crafted a pleasantly readable account. . . . The sincerity of this couple's mutual affection, together with the readability of their correspondence, makes the love letters of Gabrielle Drake and Hugh McColl a singular discovery sure to find a wide audience."--South Carolina Historical Magazine, Hundreds of letters written over a year and a half of growing passion [reveal] fears, hopes for the future, views of life and of each other. . . . This remarkable record charts the ups and downs of the couple's relationship, with both sides represented. Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, "Hundreds of letters written over a year and a half of growing passion [reveal] fears, hopes for the future, views of life and of each other. . . . This remarkable record charts the ups and downs of the couple's relationship, with both sides represented."--Charlotte (N.C.) Observer, Dearest Hugh provides a unique window into the social life and courtship practices of southern gentry during the opening years of the twentieth century. . . . Hurley masterfully crafted a pleasantly readable account. . . . The sincerity of this couple's mutual affection, together with the readability of their correspondence, makes the love letters of Gabrielle Drake and Hugh McColl a singular discovery sure to find a wide audience. South Carolina Historical Magazine, Suzanne Hurley's skillfully edited collection offers revealing insights into courtship and marriage at the beginning of the twentieth century. These rich letters bring an earlier time and a delightful couple to life as they struggle to come to terms with marriage and gender expectations in a rapidly changing world. Hurley's engaging introduction places Drake and McColl in the context of their in the small-town middle-class Southern world. Dearest Hugh is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand marriage in an earlier age. Melissa Walker, editor of Country Women Cope with Hard Times: A Collection of Oral Histories
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Dewey Decimal
975.7/64
Dewey Edition
22
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