Civil War from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

From the back DJ: "This is the first scholarly, in-depth treatment of Civil War Soldier life published in the past 30 years. Johnny Rebs and Billy Yanks wrote more letters and reminiscences than any other group of American servicemen. ...And what those men felt, observed, and endured reinforces the opinion that while they left something to be desired as soldiers,… Ler mais sobre este item

From the back DJ: "This is the first scholarly, in-depth treatment of Civil War Soldier life published in the past 30 years. Johnny Rebs and Billy Yanks wrote more letters and reminiscences than any other group of American servicemen. ...And what those men felt, observed, and endured reinforces the opinion that while they left something to be desired as soldiers,… Ler mais sobre este item

Quote from back DJ cover: "Cold Mountain is the best Civil War novel since Michael Shaara's The Killer Angels. Written in a style equal to that of Shelby Foote, this novel deserves any and all prizes that might be lying about." - Kaye Gibbons Book - Fine condition. Navy textured paper with A impressed on front, black cloth spine, and copper gilt… Ler mais sobre este item

From the Time-Life series - The Old West. Gunfighters and justice. Civil War, Jesse James and much more. Lots of black & white, and color, photographs and illustrations, plus information. Book - Very Good condition. Beautiful Embossed and padded Leatherette Covers. Front cover has E. F. Ward's painting of a sheriff wearing the sheriff's star which stamps him as a gunfighter recruited… Ler mais sobre este item

From back cover: "Seeking his fortune, R. H. Williams left the English navy in 1852 to farm in southwest Virginai. When that lost luster he went west and joined the 'Border Ruffians' who were fighting to make Kansas a slave state. By 1860 he was in Texas, and within another year he was riging with an irregular Confederate cavalry, battling… Ler mais sobre este item

From front DJ flap: "In the summer of 1863 after the climactic battle at Vicksburg, Lincoln's government was more interested in Ulysses Simpson Grant than any other man alive." This book gives a "detailed and revealing portrait of Grant during the last year and a half of the war. Book - Good+ condition. Navy cloth over boards with gold gilt image on… Ler mais sobre este item

From the back cover: "Early in the afternoon of May 22, 1856, ardent pro-slavery Congressman Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina strode into the United States Senate Chamber in Washington, D.C., and began beating renowned anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner with a cane until it splintered and the helpless Massachusetts senator lay unconscious and covered in blood. It was a retaliatory… Ler mais sobre este item

From back cover: "A Profound and timely examination of the moral underpinnings of the war between the states." "The Civil War was not only a war of armies but also a war of ideas, in which Union and Confederacy alike each identified itself as a moral nation with God on its side." This book measures the gap between those claims and draws… Ler mais sobre este item

From back cover: "In this unique series the Civil War comes vividly to life. Here are eyewitness accounts...by generals, journalists, and ordinary foot soldiers, both blue and gray." "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the Fifth Corps records the dramatic final acts of the Civil War: Sheridan's rise, Warren's fall, and the slow inexorable stalking of Lee's forces across the battle-scarred countryside. ...Chamberlain… Ler mais sobre este item

Quote on back cover: "There is a magnificent unity to this story of Grant's leadership in both war and peace that is not found anywhere else. In this compelling narrative, Grant emerges more fascinating than ever before." - Doris Kearns Goodwin, authorof Team of Rivals and No Ordinary Time, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history Black and white photo section… Ler mais sobre este item

From piece pasted on end paper (I believe it to be part of the original dust jacket): "...So incisive and vigorous is this record of heroism, gallantry, strife, and consusion, of colossal blunders and terrible tragedies, that one loses sight of the fact that he is reading history, and finds himself reliving battles, deciding policies, and what, and watching events… Ler mais sobre este item

From the back cover: "Apomattox County [Virginia], formed in 1845 and named after the nearby river, was originally best know for growing tobacco. However, that dramatically changed in 1865 when Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the McLean House." This book covers the history of churches, notable citizens, and special events. The photograph collections shows the… Ler mais sobre este item

From fron DJ flap: "The place and period described by Jay Monaghan in this book saw one of the bitterest conflicts in American history. In the territory created by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 hot-blooded abolitionists and slave-holders proved North and South irreconcilable, and their furious struggle deeply influenced national politics and hastened the advent of the Civil War." Book -… Ler mais sobre este item

Quote from back cover: "Landford's narrative captures the drama and complexity of this volatile period [and] reminds readers that, at many crucial pints, events could have taken a different path. Anyone interested in the background of our greatest national crisis will find Cry Havoc! hugely rewarding." - Gary W. Gallagher, author Book - Good condition. Light edge soiling and I noted… Ler mais sobre este item

From back cover: "Based on real characters and events, Saddle the Pale Horse weaves together the stories of a land where treachery ruled and blood ran and cruelty had no bounds. This was Missouri in 1864: Teenaged bushwhackers rode and killed with Jesse James and Quantrill and Bloody Bill, and a uniform was no guarantee of a soldier's allegiance. Book -… Ler mais sobre este item

From front DJ flap: "...Four tattered scrapbooks found in a Connecticut bank vault in 1994 yielded a treasure trove of more than five hundred watercolors that vividly depict America's great national drama. These scrapbooks - plus a five-thousand-page illustrated memoir...are the life's achievement of a long-forgotten Union private and mapmaker named Robert Knox Sneden." Book - Fine condition. Maroon paper over… Ler mais sobre este item

From back cover: "History books have exhaustively documented the great bloody battles that raged across Virginia in the last months of the Civil War. In The Civil War Notebook of Daniel Chisholm, we enter this decisive period in our history through the utterly stark but intensely moving words of two soldiers who fought in the battles." "Daniel Chisholm left his home… Ler mais sobre este item

From front DJ flap: "This handsome volume takes the reader on an adventure-filled journey along America's early railroads, through some of the most colorful and exciting moments in American history. Birth of the railroad - Baltimore - 1827 "Those early years were filled with romance: the thrill of Promontory Point; Indian raids; train robberies; the conquering of high mountain ranges; and the… Ler mais sobre este item

From back cover: "In mid-1863, the small city of Wilmington, North Carolina, found itself facing a difficult task: it had to supply Robert E. Lee's army if the South was to continue the Civil War. Guns, ammunition, clothing, and food had to be brought into the Confederacy from Europe, and Wilmington was the last open port. Knowing this, the Union… Ler mais sobre este item

From back cover: "Nowhere was the Civil War as savage as it was in Missouri - and nowhere did it produce a killer more savage than William Anderson. For a brief but dramatic period, "Bloody Bill" played the leading role in the most violent arena of the entire war - and did so with a vicious abandon that spread fear… Ler mais sobre este item