This children's book is based on a true story about Jim Limber, a young African American boy who lived with Confederate President Jefferson Davis's family in the Confederacy capitol in Richmond, Virginia. Mary Boykin Chesnut wrote in her diary in 1864 about seeing Jim in the Davis home dressed in clothing belonging to the Davis's young son Joe. Other historical sources valid that the orphan child was part of the Davis family until Jefferson Davis was arrested at the end of the war. Interesting book, even though it is written for children. View More...
