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Abraham Lincolnby Carl SandburgISBN 0156027526 (0-15-602752-6)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Abraham Lincoln'Book summary:1970 hardcover with dust jacket as shown. Book in Mint condition. Jacket is stained in new archival jacket cover. Large coffee table book. [via]
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Softcover, Harcourt - Abraham Lincoln: ISBN 0440300088 (0-440-30008-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Abraham Lincoln: ISBN 0151006407 (0-15-100640-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - Abraham Lincoln: ISBN 0883658321 (0-88365-832-1)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Abraham Lincoln: ISBN 0156027526 (0-15-602752-6)
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Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolutionby James M. McPhersonISBN 0195076060 (0-19-507606-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution'Book summary:James McPherson has emerged as one of America's finest historians. Battle Cry of Freedom, his Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the Civil War, was a national bestseller that Hugh Brogan, in The New York Times Book Review, called "history writing of the highest order." In that volume, McPherson gathered in the broad sweep of events, the political, social, and cultural forces at work during the Civil War era. Now, in Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution, he offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on aspects of Lincoln and the war that have rarely been discussed in depth.
McPherson again displays his keen insight and sterling prose as he examines several critical themes in American history. He looks closely at the President's role as Commander-in-Chief of the Union forces, showing how Lincoln forged a national military strategy for victory. He explores the importance of Lincoln's great rhetorical skills, uncovering how--through parables and figurative language--he was uniquely able to communicate both the purpose of the war and a new meaning of liberty to the people of the North. In another section, McPherson examines the Civil War as a Second American Revolution, describing how the Republican Congress elected in 1860 passed an astonishing blitz of new laws (rivaling the first hundred days of the New Deal), and how the war not only destroyed the social structure of the old South, but radically altered the balance of power in America, ending 70 years of Southern power in the national government.
The Civil War was the single most transforming and defining experience in American history, and Abraham Lincoln remains the most important figure in the pantheon of our mythology. These graceful essays, written by one of America's leading historians, offer fresh and unusual perspectives on both. [via]More editions of Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution:
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Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Yearsby Carl SandburgISBN 0156026112 (0-15-602611-2)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years'Book summary:Originally published in six volumes, Sandburgs Abraham Lincoln was called the greatest historical biography of our generation. Sandburg distilled this work into one volume that became the definitive life of Lincoln. Index; photographs.[via]More editions of Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War Years:
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The Amalgamation Polkaby Stephen WrightISBN 067945117X (0-679-45117-X)
Hardcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amalgamation Polka'Book summary:Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as a bright star in the literary sky, Stephen Wright now extends his astonishing accomplishment with a Civil War novel unlike any other.
Born in 1844 in bucolic upstate New York, Liberty Fish is the son of fervent abolitionists as well as the grandson of Carolina slaveholders even more dedicated to their cause. Thus follows a childhood limned with fugitive slaves moving through hidden passageways in the house, his Uncle Potters free-soil adventure stories whose remarkable violence sets the tone of the mounting national crisis, and the inevitable distress that befalls his mother whenever letters arrive from her parentsa conflict that ultimately costs her her life and compels Liberty, in hopes of reconciling the familial disunion, to escape first into the cauldron of war and then into a bedlam more disturbing still.
Rich in characters both heartbreaking and bloodcurdling, comic and horrific, The Amalgamation Polka is shot through with politics and dreams, and it captures great swaths of the American experience, from village to metropolis to plantation, from the Erie Canal to the Bahamas, from Bloody Kansas to the fulfillment of the killing fields. Yet for all the brutality and tragedy, this novel is exuberant in the telling and its wide compassion, brimming with the language, manners, hopes, and fears of its timeall of this so transformed by Stephen Wrights imaginative compass that places and events previously familiar are rendered new and strange, terrifying and stirring. Instantly revelatory, constantly mesmerizing, this is the work of a major writer at the top of his form. [via]More editions of The Amalgamation Polka:
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The American Heritage New History of the Civil Warby Bruce Catton, James M. McPherson, Noah Andre TrudeauISBN 1586631985 (1-58663-198-5)
Hardcover, Metro Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Heritage New History of the Civil War'Book summary:Ask Civil War diehards when they first fell in love with the War Between the States and there's a good chance you'll hear about one of the early editions of this book, which was originally published on the war's centennial. Thoroughly updated by the remarkable James M. McPherson to take advantage of the latest scholarship, this classic retains all of the wonderful features Bruce Catton originally included. And then there are the pictures--they are some of the most striking battlefield visuals available. The American Heritage New History of the Civil War makes a great gift for young people interested (or potentially interested) in history, or good reading for folks who want an overview of how the North and South fought across five Aprils. [via]
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The American Heritage Short History of the Civil Warby Bruce CattonISBN 0440301238 (0-440-30123-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Battlefields of the Civil War: The Bloody Conflict of North Against South Told Through the Stories of Its Great Battles, Illustrated With Collections of Some of the Rarest Civil warby William C. Davis, Russ A. PritchardISBN 1571451943 (1-57145-194-3)
Hardcover, Advantage Pub Group
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The Causes of the Civil War: Institutional Failure or Human Blunder?by Trefousse Hans L.ISBN 1575242109 (1-57524-210-9)
Softcover, Krieger Pub Co
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Chancellorsvilleby Stephen SearsISBN 039587744X (0-395-87744-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Civil War Battlefield Guideby Frances H. Kennedy, Conservation Fund (Arlington, Va.)ISBN 0395740134 (0-395-74013-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Civil War Battlefield Guide'Book summary:This new edition of the definitive guide to Civil War battlefields is really a completely new book. While the first edition covered 60 major battlefields, from Fort Sumter to Appomattox, the second covers all of the 384 designated as the "principal battlefields" in the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report. As in the first edition, the essays are authoritative and concise, written by such leading historians as James M. McPherson, Stephen W. Sears, Edwin C. Bearss, James I. Robinson, Jr., and Gary W. Gallager. The second edition also features 83 new four-color maps covering the most important battles. The Civil War Battlefield Guide is an essential reference for anyone interested in the Civil War.[via]More editions of The Civil War Battlefield Guide:
The Civil War Battlefield Guideby the Conservation Fund, Frances H. KennedyISBN 0395740126 (0-395-74012-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Civil War Dictionaryby Mark Mayo BoatnerISBN 0679733922 (0-679-73392-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Civil War Dictionaryby Boatner, Mark M., IIIISBN 0812916891 (0-8129-1689-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Civil War Dictionary'Book summary:For almost thirty years The Civil War Dictionary has been the most complete, authoritative, and handy reference book on what has been called the Second American Revolution, 1861-1865. Periodically updated throughout sixteen printings, this invaluable volume has more than 4,000 entries, alphabetically arranged and carefully cross-referenced. Among them:
-- 2,000 biographical sketches of Civil War leaders. both military and civilian
-- extensive descriptions of all 20 campaigns and entries on lesser battles, engagements and skirmishes
-- 120 armies, departments, and districts, as well as such famous smaller units as the Iron Brigade, the 20th Maine, and the Pennsylvania Reserves
-- plus naval engagements, weapons, issues and incidents, military terms and definitions, politics, literature, statistics, and 86 specially prepared maps and diagrams [via]More editions of The Civil War Dictionary:
Co Aytch Maury Grays First Tennessee Regiment: Or, a Side Show of the Big Showby R. Sam WatkinsISBN 1428023976 (1-4280-2397-6)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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Co. Aytch: A Confederate Memoir of the Civil Warby Sam R. WatkinsISBN 0743255410 (0-7432-5541-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Company Aytch: Or, a Side Show of the Big Show and Other Sketchesby M. Thomas Inge, Sam WatkinsISBN 0452281245 (0-452-28124-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Enemy Womenby Paulette JilesISBN 0060938099 (0-06-093809-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Enemy Women'Book summary:Enemy Women, the outstanding first novel by poet Paulette Jiles, leads us into new terrain, both geographic and historical, in the war between the states. Set in the Missouri Ozarks during the Civil War, Jiles's story focuses on the trying times of 18-year-old heroine Adair Colley. When a group of renegade Union militiamen attacks the Colley home, stealing family possessions, burning everything down, and taking away her father--an apolitical judge--Adair gathers the remnants of her clothes and mounts a rescue effort. Unfortunately, she is falsely accused of being a Confederate spy, a charge that lands her in a squalid women's prison run by a decent commandant embarrassed by his post. After he helps her escape, the two agree to seek out one another after the war; their separate, harrowing journeys and the evolution of each character throughout make for breathtaking action and powerful writing. Each chapter of Enemy Women begins with excerpts from historical testimony about this terrible period in the Civil War, when marauding soldiers pillaged and murdered whole families and communities at will. These documents add depth and resonance to Jiles's remarkable narrative. --Tom Keogh [via]
Gettysburg: The Second Dayby Harry W. PfanzISBN 0807847305 (0-8078-4730-5)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Gettysburgby Stephen W. SearsISBN 0618485384 (0-618-48538-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Gettysburg: A Testing of Courageby Noah Andre TrudeauISBN 0060931868 (0-06-093186-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage'Book summary:America's Civil War raged for more than four years, the three days of fighting in the Pennsylvania countryside in July 1863 continue to fascinate, appall, and inspire new generations with their unparalleled saga of sacrifice and courage.
No battle was as deadly or dramatic as Gettysburg. More lives were lost there than in any other war fought on American soil. From Chancellorsville, where General Robert E. Lee launched his high-risk campaign into the North, to the Confederates' last daring and ultimately doomed act, forever known as Pickett's Charge, the battle of Gettysburg gave the Union army a victory that turned back the boldest and perhaps greatest chance for a Southern nation.The last three decades have seen scores of remarkable new studies focusing on important elements of this monumental campaign. Now, acclaimed historian Noah Andre Trudeau brings the most up-to-date research available to a brilliant, sweeping, and comprehensive history that sheds new light on virtually every aspect of the battle of Gettysburg. Deftly balancing his own narrative style with revealing firsthand accounts, including excerpts from the diaries and letters of the men on both sides of the battlefield, Trudeau brings this engrossing human tale to life. He recounts the heightening tension of the campaign, the life-or-death decisions made by its commanders, and the struggle endured by thousands of its bravest soldiers. Not forgotten are the stories of the noncombatants, the thousands of civilians whose placid lives were swept into the ferocious cauldron.Scrupulously researched and masterfully written, Gettysburg conveys all the drama and heroism in what is sure to be the defining account for years to come of this pivotal moment in American history. [via]More editions of Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage:
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Gettysburg-Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hillby Harry W. PfanzISBN 0807849960 (0-8078-4996-0)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gettysburg-Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill'Book summary:In this companion to his celebrated earlier book, GettysburgThe Second Day, Harry Pfanz provides the first definitive account of the fighting between the Army of the Potomac and Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hilltwo of the most critical engagements fought at Gettysburg on 2 and 3 July 1863.
Pfanz provides detailed tactical accounts of each stage of the contest and explores the interactions betweenand decisions made bygenerals on both sides. In particular, he illuminates Confederate lieutenant general Richard S. Ewell's controversial decision not to attack Cemetery Hill after the initial southern victory on 1 July. Pfanz also explores other salient features of the fighting, including the Confederate occupation of the town of Gettysburg, the skirmishing in the south end of town and in front of the hills, the use of breastworks on Culp's Hill, and the small but decisive fight between Union cavalry and the Stonewall Brigade. [via]
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Grant Comes Eastby Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, Albert S. HanserISBN 0312309384 (0-312-30938-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grant Comes East'Book summary:In their runaway bestseller Gettysburg, Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen answered the Civil War's ultimate hypothetical question: What if Lee's army had won the victory within its grasp at Gettysburg in 1863? Now, through the same extraordinary research and brilliant character studies, we take the next step of a provocative journey: The Army of Northern Virginia is poised to invade Washington, D.C.. A besieged Lincoln calls on a general with a drinking problem to save the Union. And in the East, Ulysses Grant faces a storm of calamity and rivalry--and a war on the verge of being lost...[via]
In this extraordinary book, the battlefront and home fronts come alive through the eyes of ordinary soldiers and such little known characters as General Herman Haupt, commander of the U.S. railroads, and the politician turned soldier General Dan Sickles--a political arch-enemy of Grant's. As the best of plans are undone, and every strategy countered by another, GRANT COMES EAST builds to a stunning portrait of the war that was--and the war that might have been...More editions of Grant Comes East:
Grant Takes Commandby Bruce CattonISBN 0785812636 (0-7858-1263-6)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Grant Takes Command: 1863-1865by Bruce CattonISBN 0316132403 (0-316-13240-3)
Softcover, Xlibris Corp
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Heaven and Hellby John JakesISBN 0451200837 (0-451-20083-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heaven and Hell'Book summary:The saga of the Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina continues into the turbelent decade following the Civil War. And as the growing country struggles to unite vengeful victor and plundered loser, the survivors of the two families try to keep the faith. [via]
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Illustrated Atlas of the Civil WarISBN 0809488582 (0-8094-8858-2)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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In the Fallby Jeffrey LentISBN 037570745X (0-375-70745-X)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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John Brown's Bodyby Stephen Vincent BenetISBN 0822205947 (0-8222-0594-7)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Brown's Body'Book summary:One of the most widely read poems of our time, John Browns Body is Stephen Vincent Benéts masterful retelling of the Civil War. A book of great energy and sweep, it swings into view the entire course of that terrible and decisive war, lighting up the lives of soldiers, leaders, and civilians, North and South, amidst the conflict. Generations of readers have found the book a compelling and moving experience.
"Magnificently readable."New Statesman.
"It is not one of your tours de forces of intellect and technique, to be admired and then tucked away on the library shelf. It is a library of storytelling itself, a poem extraordinarily rich in action as well as actors, vivid, varied, and so expressive of many men and moods that prose could never have carried its electric burden."Saturday Review.
"A remarkable piece of imaginative reporting; and one in which not only the forces which make history are embodied in the speech and action of very diverse men and women but the ideas also of which these forces were the driving power."London Times Literary Supplement. [via]More editions of John Brown's Body:
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Hardcover, Buccaneer Books - John Brown's Body: ISBN 0805013180 (0-8050-1318-0)
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Lee Takes Command: From 7 Days to 2nd Bull Runby Time Life StaffISBN 0809448041 (0-8094-4804-1)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Lee Takes Command: From Seven Days to Second Bull Runby Time-Life BooksISBN 080944805X (0-8094-4805-X)
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Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Commandby Stephen W. Sears, Douglas Southall Freeman, James M. McPhersonISBN 0684859793 (0-684-85979-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command'Book summary:When Douglas Southall Freeman's original three-volume version of Lee's Lieutenants appeared in the 1940s, it marked a high point in Civil War history, and the books were lauded not only for their scholarship but for their elegant writing. This monument of Civil War literature has been skillfully abridged by one of the most noted present-day Civil War historians, Stephen W. Sears. The new one-volume abridgement retains the core material of the original and makes Freeman's fine writing available in a much more accessible format. [via]
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Life of Billy Yank: The Common Soldier of the Unionby Bell Irvin WileyISBN 0807104760 (0-8071-0476-0)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacyby Bell Irvin WileyISBN 0807119091 (0-8071-1909-1)
Hardcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacyby Bell I. WileyISBN 0807104752 (0-8071-0475-2)
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Love and Warby John JakesISBN 0451200829 (0-451-20082-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Beautifully repackaged for the Dutton hardcover release of On Secret Service--John Jakes's long-awaited return to the Civil War years...
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The Memoirs of General W. T Shermanby William Tecumseh ShermanISBN 0940450658 (0-940450-65-8)
Hardcover, Library of America
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Memoirs of General W. T Sherman'Book summary:Hailed as a prophet of modern war and condemned as a harbinger of modern barbarism, Sherman is the most controversial general of the Civil War. "War is cruelty, you cannot refine it," he wrote in fury to the Confederate mayor of Atlanta, and his memoir is filled with dozens of such wartime exchanges and a fascinating, eerie account of the famous march through the Carolinas. [via]
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Narrative of the Life & Times of Frederick Douglassby Frederick DouglassISBN 1930097115 (1-930097-11-5)
Softcover, Lushena Books
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglassby Frederick DouglassISBN 1420922378 (1-4209-2237-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass'Book summary:Frederick Douglass (1817?-1895) was born into slavery by a slave mother and an unknown father. At the age of 8, he started to educate himself with the help of his master's wife. In 1838, he fled Baltimore for the North. There he soon became a noted author and speaker on slavery.
Douglass wrote three autobiographies, "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (1845), "My Bondage and My Freedom" (1855) and "Life and Times of Frederick Douglass" (1881). Quiet Vision publishes all three plus the "Selected Works of Frederick Douglass", a collection of short works and speeches.
A man ahead of his time, in the 1840's he had to be dragged from the railroad cars reserved for whites. He also protested the dual standard of certain churches in having separate worship. [via]
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglassby Not AvailableISBN 1580495761 (1-58049-576-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass'Book summary:Born into a family of slaves, Frederick Douglass educated himself through sheer determination. His unconquered will to triumph over his circumstances makes his one of Americas best and most unlikely success stories. Douglass own account of his journey from slave to one of Americas great statesmen, writers, and orators is as fascinating as it is inspiring.
This Prestwick House Literary Touchstone Edition includes a glossary and readers notes to help the modern reader contend with Douglass nineteenth-century style and vocabulary. [via]
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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slaveby Robert G. O'Meally, Frederick DouglassISBN 1593080417 (1-59308-041-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglas, An American Slave'Book summary:[via]Narrative of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, by Frederick Douglass, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.No book except perhaps Uncle Toms Cabin had as powerful an impact on the abolitionist movement as Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. But while Stowe wrote about imaginary characters, Douglasss book is a record of his own remarkable life.
Born a slave in 1818 on a plantation in Maryland, Douglass taught himself to read and write. In 1845, seven years after escaping to the North, he published Narrative, the first of three autobiographies. This book calmly but dramatically recounts the horrors and the accomplishments of his early yearsthe daily, casual brutality of the white masters; his painful efforts to educate himself; his decision to find freedom or die; and his harrowing but successful escape.
An astonishing orator and a skillful writer, Douglass became a newspaper editor, a political activist, and an eloquent spokesperson for the civil rights of African Americans. He lived through the Civil War, the end of slavery, and the beginning of segregation. He was celebrated internationally as the leading black intellectual of his day, and his story still resonates in ours.
Robert OMeally is Zora Neale Hurston Professor of Literature at Columbia University and the Director of Columbia Universitys Center for Jazz Studies. He wrote the introduction and notes to the Barnes & Noble classics edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.More editions of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave:
The Official Military Atlas of the Civil Warby George B. Davis, U.s. War Dept, Leslie J. Perry, Joseph W. KirkleyISBN 0760750440 (0-7607-5044-0)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corpsby Joshua Lawrence ChamberlainISBN 1879664186 (1-879664-18-6)
Hardcover, Stan Clark Military Books
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Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr - The Passing of the Armies: An Account of the Final Campaign of the Army of the Potomac, Based upon Personal Reminiscences of the Fifth Army Corps: ISBN 1879664186 (1-879664-18-6)
Hardcover, Stan Clark Military Books
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Reveille in Washington, 1860 - 1865by Margaret LeechISBN 1931313237 (1-931313-23-7)
Softcover, Simon Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reveille in Washington, 1860 - 1865'Book summary:Winner of the 1942 Pulitzer Prize in History, it is an authentic, scholarly description of life in Washington during the Civil War, written in a highly readable style. In 2001 a Reader's Catalog Selection, "one of the 40,000+ best books in print." [via]
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- Reveille in Washington, 1860 - 1865: ISBN 0809435578 (0-8094-3557-8)
Softcover, Time-Life Books - Reveille in Washington: 1860-1865: ISBN 0881847321 (0-88184-732-1)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub - Reveille in Washington, 1860 - 1865: ISBN 080943556X (0-8094-3556-X)
Hardcover, Time-Life Books - Reveille in Washington, 1860 - 1865: ISBN 1931313237 (1-931313-23-7)
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- Reveille in Washington, 1860 - 1865: ISBN 0809435578 (0-8094-3557-8)
Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Orderby John F. MarszalekISBN 0679749896 (0-679-74989-6)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Sherman's Marchby Burke DavisISBN 0394757637 (0-394-75763-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sherman's March'Book summary:Sherman's March is the vivid narrative of General William T. Sherman's devastating sweep through Georgia and the Carolinas in the closing days of the Civil War. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness stories, Burke Davis graphically brings to life the dramatic experiences of the 65,000 Federal troops who plundered their way through the South and those of the anguished -- and often defiant -- Confederate women and men who sought to protect themselves and their family treasures, usually in vain. Dominating these events is the general himself -- "Uncle Billy" to his troops, the devil incarnate to the Southerners he encountered.
"What gives this narrative its unusual richness is the author's collation of hundreds of eyewitness accounts...The actions are described in the words, often picturesque and often eloquent, of those who were there, either as participants -- Union soldiers, Confederate soldiers -- in the fighting and destruction or as victims of Sherman's frank vow to 'make Georgia howl.' Mr. Davis intercuts these scenes with closeups of the chief actors in this nightmarish drama, and he also manages to give us a coherent historical account of the whole episode. A powerful illustration of the proposition put forth in Sherman's most famous remark." -- The New Yorker
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Shilohby Shelby FooteISBN 0679735429 (0-679-73542-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shiloh'Book summary:In the novel Shiloh, historian and Civil War expert Shelby Foote delivers a spare, unflinching account of the battle of Shiloh, which was fought over the course of two days in April 1862. By mirroring the troops' movements through the woods of Tennessee with the activity of each soldier's mind, Foote offers the reader a broad perspective of the battle and a detailed view of the issues behind it. The battle becomes tangible as Foote interweaves the observations of Union and Confederate officers, simple foot soldiers, brave men, and cowards and describes the roar of the muskets and the haze of the gun smoke. The author's vivid storytelling creates a rich chronicle of a pivotal battle in American history. [via]
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A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877by Eric FonerISBN 0060964316 (0-06-096431-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877'Book summary:An abridged version of Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, the definitive study of the aftermath of the Civil War, winner of the Bancroft Prize, Avery O. Craven Prize, Los Angeles Times Book Award, Francis Parkman Prize, and Lionel Trilling Prize.
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They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil Warby Deanne Blanton, Lauren M. CookISBN 1400033152 (1-4000-3315-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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They Met at Gettysburgby Edward J. StackpoleISBN 0811720896 (0-8117-2089-6)
Softcover, Stackpole Books
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To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaignby Stephen W. SearsISBN 0899197906 (0-89919-790-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsula Campaign'Book summary:An account of the largest campaign of the Civil War weaves together narrative, military analysis, and firsthand testimony from the diaries and letters of Union and Confederate soldiers to reflect on the influence of individuals on events. 25,000 first printing. [via]
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With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincolnby Stephen B. OatesISBN 0060924713 (0-06-092471-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln'Book summary:Someone once said that more books have been written about Abraham Lincoln than any other person in history save Jesus and Shakespeare. Indeed, it is impossible to understand the Civil War without getting to know the complex figure of the 16th president. More than any other biographer, Stephen B. Oates brings the plain-talking man from Illinois to life as a canny politician, a doting husband, and a determined wartime leader. Oates has an appealing appreciation for Lincoln's majestic control of the English language, his raw humor, and his undeniable heroism. The final pages, covering Lincoln's death and his legacy, are graceful and moving. [via]
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- With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln: ISBN 0945707320 (0-945707-32-0)
Hardcover, Amer Political Biography Pr - With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln: ISBN 0451628152 (0-451-62815-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library - With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln: ISBN 0060132833 (0-06-013283-3)
Hardcover, Harper & Row - With Malice Toward None: The Life of Abraham Lincoln: ISBN 0060924713 (0-06-092471-3)
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