Field, Fort and Fleet - Couverture souple

Quad, M

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1117875105 ISBN 13 : 9781117875101

Editeur : BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research), 2010

Synopsis

The Shelf2Life American Civil War Collection is a unique and exciting collection of pre-1923 titles focusing on the American Civil War and the people and events surrounding it. From memoirs and biographies of notable military figures to firsthand accounts of famous battles and in-depth discussions of slavery, this collection is a remarkable opportunity for scholars and historians to rediscover the experience and impact of the Civil War. The volumes contained in the collection were all written within 60 years of the end of the war, which means that most authors had living memory of it and were facing the effects of the war while writing. These firsthand accounts allow the modern reader to more fully understand the culture of both the Union and Confederacy, the politics that governed the escalation and end of the war, the personal experience of life during the Civil War, and the most difficult and polarizing question in the history of the United States: slavery. The American Civil War Collection allows new readers access to the contemporary arguments and accounts surrounding the war, and is a vital new tool in understanding this important and pivotal chapter in American history.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Men hoped that it would grow no larger, but even as they hoped they saw it rise higher and higher, and increase in circumference. The mole-hill became a mound. I ts existence had a place in the speeches of statesmen, and its presence brought dreams of war and glory to warriors. A few wise in their dread and anxiety would have leveled the mound with hands of peace, but even as they stood around it there were mutterings and threats which fed its rapid growth. The mound became a hill. The hill hid sections from each others sight, but the voices of men wrangling and cursing and uttering threats of vengeance rose above its crest and were heard from sea to sea. The hill became a mountain grim, forbidding, and frowning down upon forty million anxious people. Flashes of fire darted from its dark ravines, and mysterious rumblings made men turn to each other with white faces. As a long day of apprehension drew to a close, the sun sunk slowly and sullenly into the unknown, leaving behind him signs which a child might read. Women gathered their children about them and prayed and wept, while husbands, and fathers, and sons, gathered in groups and crowds, and watched the frowning mountain and waited to see its fires of hate burst forth. The crest of that mountain could be seen from the shores of Maine and the valleys of California, and the rumblings were felt at every door-step in the Eepublic. Some were cool and possessed others terrified and undone. Midnight came, but even the children had not slept. The rumblings were louder, and the fire-flashes were lighting up a great Vol.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research)
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1117875105
• ISBN 13: 9781117875101
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 562
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible