The Civil War Told By Those Who Lived It : A Library of America Boxed Set

Brooks D. Simpson

ISBN 10: 1598533509 / ISBN 13: 9781598533507

Edité par The Library Of America Okt 2014, 2014

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Neuware - The definitive firsthand narrative of our nation's greatest conflict, now in a collector's boxed set: 'Has there ever been another historical crisis of the magnitude of 1861-65 in which so many people were so articulate ' wondered Edmund Wilson in his 1962 classic Patriotic Gore. Reflecting the unprecedented, widespread literacy of nineteenth century Americans, an astonishing number of writers-white and black, male and female, soldiers and politicians, public intellectuals and private citizens-left vivid first-hand accounts of the Civil War. For the last four years, to mark the sesquicentennial of the most epochal event in American history, The Library of America has published a four-volume series that orchestrates this symphony of voices to chronicle as never before the full drama of the nation's most devastating conflict, from Lincoln's election in 186o to the Grand Review of the Armies in 1865. Now, in advance of the 150th anniversary of the war's climactic final months, all four volumes are presented in a beautiful collector's box. As a special feature, each box includes four pull-out posters featuring full color maps by expert Civil War cartographer Earl McElfresh. Here is the ultimate gift for anyone interested in the Civil War era.LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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• Titre: The Civil War Told By Those Who Lived It : A Library of America Boxed Set
• Éditeur: The Library Of America Okt 2014
• Date de parution: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1598533509
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781598533507
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 221 L x 175 H x 137 P (en millimètres) 221 millimètres de largeur par 175 millimètres de hauteur par 137 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 3356 grammes

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Synopsis

The definitive firsthand narrative of the Civil War, in a collector's boxed set

After 150 years the Civil War still holds a central place in American history and self-understanding. It is our greatest national drama, at once heroic, tragic, and epic—our Iliad, but also our Bible, a story of sin and judgment, suffering and despair, death and resurrection in a “new birth of freedom.” 
This four-volume Library of America series orchestrates a symphony of firsthand voices to chronicle as never before the full drama of the nation’s most devastating conflict, from Lincoln’s election in 1860 to the Grand Review of the Armies in 1865.

Each volume includes headnotes, a chronology of events, biographical and explanatory endnotes, full-color endpaper maps, and an index. As a special feature, this boxed set includes four pull-out posters featuring full color maps by expert Civil War cartographer Earl McElfresh. Here is the ultimate gift for anyone interested in the Civil War era.

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

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BROOKS D. SIMPSON is Professor of History and Humanities at Arizona State University and the author of several books including Ulysses S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822–1865. STEPHEN W. SEARS is the author of authoritative histories of the Peninsula Campaign and the battles of Antietam, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg. AARON SHEEHAN-DEAN is Fred C. Frey Chair in Southern Studies at Louisiana State University and the author of Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia and the Concise Historical Atlas of the U.S. Civil War.