The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts [Our Incredible Civil War]

Davis, Burke, 1913- [illustrations, Raymond Houhlihan; Ralph G. Newman, Richard Steiner, Van Dyk MacBRide, Neill Bohlinger, T W Crigler, Robert H Bolton, R. Bentham Simons, James I Robertson, Hubert A Gurney, Elizabeth Moore, Charles A Affleck, Hallie C Turberville, E R MacLennan, T W Schmidt, Christopher A Russell, Frederick A Stevens, Jacob M Sheads, Virgil Carrington Jones, North Callahan, John C Pemberton III, Arthur Henderson, William F Spivey, Mary Elizabeth Sergent, Minnie Ransom Norris, Henry Maclin, John Southworth, James Brawley, Nip Warriner, William H Stauffer, Irene Hester, Jean Crawford]

ISBN 10: 0517371510 / ISBN 13: 9780517371510

Edité par New York : The Fairfax Press,, 1960

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249 pp. ; illustrated with pen and ink drawings by Raymond Houhlihan; black cloth; no dustjacket ; name on front ep ; marks on contents page ; Contents; Why the boom? -- The Travail of WIlmer McLean -- House Divided -- Firsts -- The First Battle -- Mr. Lincoln's Beard -- The Blockade -- Music, Music -- War in the Air -- The Machine Gun -- A General's Grammar -- How Young They Were! -- Famous Onlookers -- Which War? -- John Brown Ignites a War -- The Widow Fritchie -- Imported Warriors -- The Rains Brothers -- Riots on the Home Front -- The Inner Man -- Was Stonewall Jackson a Hypochondriac? -- The Marvelous Ram Albermarle -- Some Oddities of This Odd War -- Spies at Work -- The Gettysburg Address -- The Hero of Gettysburg -- Sex in the Civil War -- The Submarine Hunley -- Lincoln's Subs -- What They Said About US Grant -- Dixie -- Symbols of the Lost Cause -- The Perfect Battle -- The Human Side of Robert E Lee -- Aftermath-at-Arms -- The Price in Blood -- The War is Not Over -- Atrocities -- The Folklore. ; some marks ; G.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Civil War: Strange & Fascinating Facts [Our Incredible Civil War]
• Éditeur: New York : The Fairfax Press,
• Date de parution: 1960
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0517371510
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780517371510
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Good
• État de la jaquette: No Jacket
• Type de livre: Book

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Synopsis

Book by Burke Davis

Présentation de l'éditeur

Wonderfully entertaining look at some intriguing oddities, unusual incidents, and colorful personalities connected with the Civil War. Includes 25 names the war was known by, personal quirks of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and more,