Virginia Bernhard
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Virginia Bernhard

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Virginia Bernhard is Professor Emerita of History at the University of St. Thomas. She was born in Austin, Texas. She attended Rice University (B.A.1959, Ph.D 1971) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.A. 1961). Her specialties are early American history and Texas history. Her latest book is GRAND TOURS AND THE GREAT WAR: IMA HOGG'S DIARIES, 1907-1918 (with Roswitha Wagner, 2022). Other books include THE SMELL OF WAR: THREE AMERICANS IN THE TRENCHES OF WORLD WAR I (2017), LIFE IS NOT A DRESS REHEARSAL: 10 LISTS TO MAKE BEFORE YOUR FINAL EXIT (2014, 2022), co-authored with her husband, Jim Bernhard; JAMESTOWN: THE NOVEL (2014), THE HOGGS OF TEXAS: LETTERS AND MEMOIRS OF AN EXTRAORDINARY FAMILY, 1887-1906, (2013), A TALE OF TWO COLONIES: WHAT REALLY HAPPENED IN VIRGINIA AND BERMUDA? (2011), A DURABLE FIRE (1990), a historical novel set in colonial Virginia; SLAVES AND SLAVEHOLDERS IN BERMUDA, 1616-1782 (1999), and IMA HOGG: THE GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER (1984, 3rd. ed.2011) which won the Texas Historical Commission award for best book on Texas history. . She is the editor of several other books on U.S. history and women's history, and the author of numerous articles on colonial history, She writes "theimahoggblog" and "Jamestowntheblog." She is married to Jim Bermhard, author, actor, playwright, arts administrator, crossword puzzle-maker. They have three grown children.
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