In 1912, Mary Norcott Bryan, who was from North Carolina, wrote a memoir in the form of letters to her grandchildren, A Grandmother’s Recollections of Dixie. These letters convey Bryan’s recollections of the “Old South” before the Civil War. What parts of her letters appear to be accurate representations of antebellum life and what parts seem to convey the romanticized myth of the Old South?

In 1912, Mary Norcott Bryan, who was from North Carolina, wrote a memoir in the form of letters to her grandchildren, A Grandmother’s Recollections of Dixie. These letters convey Bryan’s recollections of the “Old South” before the Civil War. What parts of her letters appear to be accurate representations of antebellum life and what parts seem to convey the romanticized myth of the Old South?