Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital - Couverture rigide

Lankford, Nelson D.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0670031178 ISBN 13 : 9780670031177

Editeur : Viking Pr, 2002

Synopsis

Book by Lankford Nelson

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Nelson Lankford draws upon Civil War-era diaries, letters, memoirs, and newspaper reports to vividly recapture the experiences of the men and women, both black and white, who witnessed the tumultuous fall of Richmond. In April 1865 General Robert E. Lee realized that his army must retreat from the Confederate capital and that Jefferson Davis's government must flee. As the Southern soldiers moved out they set the city on fire, leaving a blazing ruin to greet the entering Union troops. The city's fall ushered in the birth of the modern United States. Lankford's exploration of this pivotal event is at once an authoritative work of history and a stunning piece of dramatic prose.

Revue de presse :

"An absorbing study of the Confederacy's last hours and a city in ruins." —Kirkus Reviews

"Superb...Lankford has turned a huge body of material into a narrative that captures both the frenetic pace of events and their many undercurrents. ....Even the icons Lincoln and Lee live and breathe on the page." —Baltimore Sun

 

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Viking Pr
• Date d'édition: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0670031178
• ISBN 13: 9780670031177
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 320