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The Civil War : an illustrated history
- Title
- The Civil War : an illustrated history / narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary filmscript by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, and Ken Burns ; with contributions by Don E. Fehrenbacher [and others].
- Author
- Ward, Geoffrey C.
- Publication
- New York : Knopf, [1990]
- ©1990
- Supplementary Content
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | No restrictions | *R-USLHG E468.7 .W26 1990 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Reference Room 121 |
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- Description
- xix, 425 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 29 cm
- Summary
- The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series. This non-illustrated edition interweaves the author's narrative with the voices of the men and women who lived through that cataclysmic trail of our nationhood, from Abraham Lincoln to ordinary foot soldiers. Includes essays by distinguished historians of the era.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Illustrated works.
- History.
- Pictorial works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The crossroads of our being -- 1861: A house divided -- Why the war came / Don E. Fehrenbacher -- 1862: Forever free -- Who freeds the slaves? / Barbara J. Fields -- 1863: The universe of battle -- Men at war: an interview with Shelby Foote -- 1864: Most hallowed ground -- War and politics / James M. McPherson -- 1865: The better angels of our nature -- What the war made us / C. Vann Woodward.
- Call Number
- E468.7
- ISBN
- 0394562852
- 9780394562858
- 0370315502
- 9780370315508
- 0679742778
- 9780679742777
- 9780712652346
- 0712652345
- LCCN
- 89043475
- OCLC
- 21160298
- Author
- Ward, Geoffrey C., author.
- Title
- The Civil War : an illustrated history / narrative by Geoffrey C. Ward ; based on a documentary filmscript by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns, and Ken Burns ; with contributions by Don E. Fehrenbacher [and others].
- Publisher
- New York : Knopf, [1990]
- Copyright Date
- ©1990
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Performer
- Based on a documentary filmscript by Geoffrey C. Ward, Ric Burns and Ken Burns.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
- 1861-1865
- Indexed Term
- United States
- Added Author
- Burns, Ken, 1953-Burns, Ric.Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) MsSM
- Other Form:
- Online version: Ward, Geoffrey C. Civil War. 1st ed. New York : Knopf, 1990 (OCoLC)551519517
- Research Call Number
- *R-USLHG E468.7 .W26 1990IK 91-2224