Chronicles of Chicora Wood

The author recounts life on a plantation across generations, presenting vivid family portraits of parents, siblings, and household staff and an upbringing shaped by art, schooling, and domestic routine. She describes wartime dislocation and hardship, including refuge-seeking, encounters with occupying armies, material losses, and intimate griefs. Postwar chapters follow efforts at recovery and adaptation through teaching, diaries, and rebuilding community ties. Interwoven anecdotes, portraits, and reflections convey both the personal costs of upheaval and the resilience of family memory.