When Waterford and I Were Young
By John Divine with Bronwen and John Souders
 Book Description
Beloved Northern Virginia historian John Divine
looks back affectionately at the village of his youth. His roots
extend back six benerations; his co-authors completed what the
late historian began, adding historical context and rounding out
his anecdotes. Paperback, $12.95
Book Details
• Paperback: Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.5 inches
• Publisher: Waterford Foundation (1994)
• 148 p. ISBN 0966048520, 0966048512
From the back cover of the book:
In this his final book, beloved Northern Virginia historian John
Divine looks back affectionately at the village of his youth.
Waterford, Virginia-now a National Historic Landmark-was a wonderful
place for a lively boy growing up in the early 1900s. The town
was a yeasty blend of farmers and merchants, blacksmiths and
cobblers, freed slaves and Civil War veterans, sober Quakers
and village drunks. Young John knew them all and loved their
stories. He shares them here-warts and all-with warmth and wit.
No one could do it better. His roots in the village extend six
generations-to the mid-1700s-and John himself seemed as much at
home in the Waterford of the 1820s as of the 1920s. It is in this
spirit that his co-authors have completed what he began, adding
historical context and rounding out his anecdotes. Taking their
cue from John Divine himself, they have relied almost entirely
on interviews, primary documents, and period photographs.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS: John E. Divine, a nationally recognized authority
on the Civil War, died in November 1996. He was the author of several
books on "The War," including most recently "To
Talk Is Treason," a fascinating account of Waterford's Quakers
during that struggle. Associate and friend Bronwen Souders and
her husband John collaborated with him on that book and this. They
have lived in the Waterford area for more than 25 years in a house
built by the first of John Divine's forbears in Loudoun County.
|
