The Civil War: The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It (LOA #212)
The First Year Told by Those Who Lived It
$67.53
- Hardcover
640 pages
- Release Date
3 February 2011
Summary
The first volume in a four-volume series on the American Civil War-featuring first-hand writings from Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, and moreThis “mesmerizing and deeply troubling” glimpse into the Civil War era “will forever deepen the way you see this central chapter in our history … a masterpiece” (Newsweek).After 150 years the Civil War is still our greatest national drama, at once heroic, tragic, and epic-our Iliad, but also our Bible, a story of sin and judgment, suff…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781598530889 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1598530887 |
| Author: | Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, Sheehan-Dean Aaron |
| Publisher: | The Library of America |
| Imprint: | The Library of America |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Release Date: | 3 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 697g |
| Dimensions: | 207mm x 129mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Library of America: The Civil War Collection |
| Audience Age: | 17-17 |
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About The Author
Brooks D. Simpson
Brooks D. Simpson, editor, is Foundation Professor of History at Arizona State University. He is the author ofLet Us Have Peace- Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and Reconstruction, 1861-1868andUlysses S. Grant- Triumph over Adversity, 1822-1865, and the co-editor ofSherman’s Civil War- Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865.Stephen W. Sears, volume editor, is the author ofLandscape Turned Red- The Battle of Antietam;George B. McClellan- The Young Napoleon;To the Gates of Richmond- The Peninsula Campaign; Chancellorsville;Controversies and Commanders;and Gettysburg.Aaron Sheehan-Dean, editor, is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Florida and author ofWhy Confederates Fought- Family and Nation in Civil War VirginiaandThe Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War.
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