The Civil War. A Treasury Of Art And Literature

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates
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Publisher Year: 1992
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Description: 367 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout. Not possible to ship outside Australia.

Publishers Description: This rich trove of art and literature from the American Civil War documents the nation's most cataclysmic ordeal through the poignant impressions of those who lived it. The motives and emotions of both North and South come alive in the writings of Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Frederick Douglass; speeches, memoirs, diaries and soldier's lett This rich trove of art and literature from the American Civil War documents the nation's most cataclysmic ordeal through the poignant impressions of those who lived it. The motives and emotions of both North and South come alive in the writings of Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Frederick Douglass; speeches, memoirs, diaries and soldier's letters; and front-line photos. 210 illustrations, 120 in color.

ISBN: 9780883639924