Gettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Illustrated History

Eicher, David

ISBN 10: 0811828689 / ISBN 13: 9780811828680

Edité par Chronicle, San Francisco, 2003

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very nice copy; very large book.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Gettysburg Battlefield: The Definitive Illustrated History
• Éditeur: Chronicle, San Francisco
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0811828689
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780811828680
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Civil War

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Synopsis

Gettysburg Battlefield is the definitive illustrated history of the largest and deadliest military campaign ever waged in the Western Hemisphere. It was fought 140 years ago this July, in the farmlands of Pennsylvania. Years in the making, it draws together the most complete collection of Gettysburg imagery ever published in a single volume along with a robust narrative. The author takes the reader on a day-by-day journey through the battle, illustrated throughout with more than 480 photographs, many of them rare, including shots of Robert E. Lee and George Meade. Two visual features of this book are particularly compelling: Period photographs of key battlefield sites - taken just as the guns stilled - are juxtaposed with images of those same sites today. Three-dimensional maps were created especially for this book and offer a distinctive perspective on military strategy. Essays by civil war experts and a foreword by historian James M. McPherson complete this handsome and authoritative history. An essential addition to the Civil War library, Gettysburg Battlefield is a compelling chronicle of a legendary conflict and the ultimate pictorial record.