This edition page records A Diary from Dixie As written by Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, 1859-1861, and afterward an Aide to Jefferson Davis and a Brigadie, credited to Avary, Myrta Lockett, 1857-1946 [Editor], Chesnut, Mary Boykin, 1823-1886, Martin, Isabella D. [Editor], within the Diaries & Journals collection at sokzi.com.

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The extracted text contains approximately 152,994 words, corresponding to an estimated 666 minutes of reading, and is divided into 16 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.

The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 13.7 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.074. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.

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The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate, Southern States -- Biography, Chesnut, Mary Boykin, 1823-1886 -- Diaries, Confederate States of America -- History -- Sources. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.

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