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General A.P. Hill

The Story of a Confederate Warrior

By: James I. Robertson, Jr.

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General A.P. Hill

The Story of a Confederate Warrior

By: James I. Robertson, Jr.

A Confederate general who ranks with Lee, Jeb Stuart, and Stonewall Jackson but whose achievements have been unfairly neglected until now, finally receives his due in this invaluable biography by a noted historian of the Civil War. Drawing extensively on newly unearthed documents, this work provides a gripping battle-by-battle assessment of Hill's role in Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and other battles. 8 pages of photographs.

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Vintage

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0307755347

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9780307755346

Him on the One Side and Me on the Other

The Civil War Letters of Alexander Campbell, 79th New York Infantry Regiment and James Campbell, 1st South Carolina Battalion

By: Alexander Campbell,James Campbell

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Him on the One Side and Me on the Other

The Civil War Letters of Alexander Campbell, 79th New York Infantry Regiment and James Campbell, 1st South Carolina Battalion

By: Alexander Campbell,James Campbell

Alexander and James Campbell, born and raised in Scotland, immigrated to the United States as teenagers in the 1850s and settled in vastly different regions of the country - Alexander in New York City and James in Charleston, South Carolina. When the American Civil War broke out in 1861, Alexander and James opted to fight for their adopted states and causes: Alexander enlisted in the 79th New York "Highlanders" and James in the 1st South Carolina ("Charleston") Battalion. "Him on the One Side and Me on the Other" tells the remarkable story of these two brothers divided by the Civil War. Through their wartime letters to family and to each other, the brothers expose the deep fractures in American society caused by the most destructive war in this country's history. In the most dramatic moment in this story of the brothers' wartime experiences, the letters reveal a near-reunion on the battlefield of Secessionville, South Carolina, on June 16, 1862. There Alexander was part of the Union force that assaulted Tower Battery, a fort inhabited by James and his Confederate comrades.

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Univ of South Carolina Press

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1570032653

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9781570032653

T. S. Eliot

The Making of an American Poet, 1888–1922

By: James E. Miller Jr.

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T. S. Eliot

The Making of an American Poet, 1888–1922

By: James E. Miller Jr.

Late in his life T. S. Eliot, when asked if his poetry belonged in the tradition of American literature, replied: “I’d say that my poetry has obviously more in common with my distinguished contemporaries in America than with anything written in my generation in England. That I’m sure of. . . . In its sources, in its emotional springs, it comes from America.” In T. S. Eliot: The Making of an American Poet, James Miller offers the first sustained account of Eliot’s early years, showing that the emotional springs of his poetry did indeed come from America. Miller challenges long-held assumptions about Eliot’s poetry and his life. Eliot himself always maintained that his poems were not based on personal experience, and thus should not be read as personal poems. But Miller convincingly combines a reading of the early work with careful analysis of surviving early correspondence, accounts from Eliot’s friends and acquaintances, and new scholarship that delves into Eliot’s Harvard years. Ultimately, Miller demonstrates that Eliot’s poetry is filled with reflections of his personal experiences: his relationships with family, friends, and wives; his sexuality; his intellectual and social development; his influences. Publication of T. S. Eliot: The Making of an American Poet marks a milestone in Eliot scholarship. At last we have a balanced portrait of the poet and the man, one that takes seriously his American roots. In the process, we gain a fuller appreciation for some of the best-loved poetry of the twentieth century.

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Penn State Press

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0271045477

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9780271045474

Directory of City of Detroit

By: James H. Wellings

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Directory of City of Detroit

By: James H. Wellings

Reprint of the original, first published in 1845.

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3385263166

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The Border Bandits; An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Noted Outlaws, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Bands of Highwaymen; Compiled from Reliable Sources Only and Containing the Latest Facts in Regard to These Desperate Freebooters

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By: James W. Buel

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The Border Bandits; An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Noted Outlaws, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Bands of Highwaymen; Compiled from Reliable Sources Only and Containing the Latest Facts in Regard to These Desperate Freebooters

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By: James W. Buel

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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3387071701

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9783387071702

Glimpses of America; A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic Marvels

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By: James W. Buel

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Glimpses of America; A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic Marvels

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By: James W. Buel

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

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3387069324

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9783387069327

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, Volume 1

At the Confederate States Capital, April 1861–July 1863

By: J. B. Jones,James I. Robertson, Jr.

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A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, Volume 1

At the Confederate States Capital, April 1861–July 1863

By: J. B. Jones,James I. Robertson, Jr.

Amidst the vast literature of the Civil War, one of the most significant and enlightening documents remains largely unknown. A day-by-day, uninterrupted, four-year chronicle by a mature, keenly observant clerk in the War Department of the Confederacy, the wartime diary of John Beauchamp Jones was first published in two volumes of small type in 1866. Over the years, the diary was republished three more times—but never with an index or an editorial apparatus to guide a reader through the extraordinary mass of information it contained. Published here with an authoritative editorial framework, including an extensive introduction and endnotes, this unique record of the Civil War takes its rightful place as one of the best basic reference tools in Civil War history, absolutely critical to study the Confederacy. A Maryland journalist/novelist who went south at the outbreak of the war, Jones took a job as a senior clerk in the Confederate War Department, where he remained to the end, a constant observer of men and events in Richmond, the heart of the Confederacy and the principal target of Union military might. As a high-level clerk at the center of military planning, Jones had an extraordinary perspective on the Southern nation in action—and nothing escaped his attention. Confidential files, command-level conversations, official correspondence, revelations, rumors, statistics, weather reports, and personal opinions: all manner of material, found nowhere else in Civil War literature, made its meticulous way into the diary. Jones quotes scores of dispatches and reports by both military and civilian authorities, including letters from Robert E. Lee never printed elsewhere, providing an invaluable record of documents that would later find their way into print only in edited form. His notes on such ephemera as weather and prices create a backdrop for the military movements and political maneuverings he describes, all with the judicious eye of a seasoned writer and observer of southern life. James I. Robertson Jr., provides introductions to each volume, over 2,700 endnotes that identify, clarify, and expand on Jones’s material, and a first ever index which makes Jones's unique insights and observations accessible to interested readers, who will find in the pages of A Rebel War Clerk's Diary one of the most complete and richly textured accounts of the Civil War ever to be composed at the very heart of the Confederacy.

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University Press of Kansas

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0700621237

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9780700621231

The Gleam of Bayonets

The Battle of Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, September 1862

By: James V. Murfin

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The Gleam of Bayonets

The Battle of Antietam and Robert E. Lee's Maryland Campaign, September 1862

By: James V. Murfin

One of the bloodiest days in American military history, the Battle of Antietam turned the tide of the Civil War in favor of the North and delivered the first major defeat to Robert E. Lee’s army. In The Gleam of Bayonets, James V. Murfin gives a compelling account of the events and personalities involved in this momentous battle. The gentleness and patience of Lincoln, the vacillations of McClellan, and the grandeur of Lee—all unfold before the reader. The battle itself is presented with precision and scope as Murfin blends together atmosphere and fact, emotions and tactics, into a dramatic and coherent whole. Originally published in 1965, The Gleam of Bayonets is now recognized as a classic and the standard against which all books on Antietam are measured.

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LSU Press

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0807130206

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9780807130209

Fake News Nation

The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America

By: James W. Cortada,William Aspray

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Fake News Nation

The Long History of Lies and Misinterpretations in America

By: James W. Cortada,William Aspray

How rumors, lies, and misrepresentations shaped American history After the election of Donald Trump as president, people in the United States and across large swaths of Europe, Latin America, and Asia engaged in the most intensive discussion in modern times about falsehoods pronounced by public officials. Fake facts in their various forms have long been present in American life, particularly in its politics, public discourse, and business activities – going back to the time when the country was formed. This book explores the long tradition of fake facts, in their various guises, in American history. It is one of the first historical studies to place the long history of lies and misrepresentation squarely in the middle of American political, business, and science policy rhetoric. In Fake News Nation, James Cortada and William Aspray present a series of case studies that describe how lies and fake facts were used over the past two centuries in important instances in American history. Cortada and Aspray give readers a perspective on fake facts as they appear today and as they are likely to appear in the future.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1538131110

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9781538131114

The Border Bandits

By: James William Buel

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The Border Bandits

By: James William Buel

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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3385422817

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General A.P. Hill

General A.P. Hill

Him on the One Side and Me on the Other

Him on the One Side and Me on the Other

T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot

Directory of City of Detroit

Directory of City of Detroit

The Border Bandits; An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Noted Outlaws, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Bands of Highwaymen; Compiled from Reliable Sources Only and Containing the Latest Facts in Regard to These Desperate Freebooters

The Border Bandits; An Authentic and Thrilling History of the Noted Outlaws, Jesse and Frank James, and Their Bands of Highwaymen; Compiled from Reliable Sources Only and Containing the Latest Facts in Regard to These Desperate Freebooters

Glimpses of America; A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic Marvels

Glimpses of America; A Pictorial and Descriptive History of Our Country's Scenic Marvels

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, Volume 1

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary, Volume 1

The Gleam of Bayonets

The Gleam of Bayonets

Fake News Nation

Fake News Nation

The Border Bandits

The Border Bandits

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