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Mary Boykin Chesnut, an Uncommon card
Mary Boykin Chesnut was an American writer noted for a book published as her Civil War diary, a "vivid picture of a society in the throes of its life-and-death struggle." She described the war from within her upper-class circles of Southern planter society, but encompassed all classes in her book.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 100
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 41,000
Power 100 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- She was married to James Chesnut Jr., a lawyer who served as a United States senator and officer in the Confederate States Army.
- Chesnut worked toward a final form of her book in 1881–1884, based on her extensive diary written during the war years.
- It was published in 1905, 19 years after her death.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mary Boykin Chesnut article was read about 41,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Mary Boykin Chesnut
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mary Boykin Chesnut (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : unknown/uncredited, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
