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Category : Political ballads and songs
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Collection of broadsides on Civil War topics, mostly pro-Southern.
Collection of Photocopies of Civil War Broadsides
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Category : Political ballads and songs
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Collection of broadsides on Civil War topics, mostly pro-Southern.
Broadsides
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Category : Broadsides
Languages : en
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Book Description
Consists of thirty-two broadsides (all photocopies except four) from collections at Washington and Lee University, mostly on local matters, including those that pertain to the university, slavery, the Civil War, local land sales, railroads, and elections.
Printed & Manuscript Americana
Author: Swann GalleriesVisions of Jazz
Author: Gary GiddinsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199879532
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Poised to become a classic of jazz literature, Visions of Jazz: The First Century offers seventy-nine chapters illuminating the lives of virtually all the major figures in jazz history. From Louis Armstrong's renegade-style trumpet playing to Sarah Vaughan's operatic crooning, and from the swinging elegance of Duke Ellington to the pioneering experiments of Ornette Coleman, jazz critic Gary Giddins continually astonishes the reader with his unparalleled insight. Writing with the grace and wit that have endeared his prose to Village Voice readers for decades, Giddins also widens the scope of jazz to include such crucial American musicians as Irving Berlin, Rosemary Clooney, and Frank Sinatra, all primarily pop performers who are often dismissed by fans and critics as mere derivatives of the true jazz idiom. And he devotes an entire quarter of this landmark volume to young, still-active jazz artists, boldly expanding the horizons of jazz--and charting and exploring the music's influences as no other book has done.
An Unique Collection of Revolutionary Broadsides
Author: Catalogue of a Remarkable Collection of Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides and Manuscripts Formed by the Late James W. Eldridge, of Hartford, Conn
Author: James William EldridgePublisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
War Between the States
Author: Charles Frederick HeartmanPublisher:
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Category : Confederate States literature
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Album of Civil War Patriotic Envelopes and Broadsides
Author: Eye of the Storm
Author: Charles F. Bryan, Jr.Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684863669
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
In this historical treasure, now restored to posterity, text and drawings by a Union cartographer record the daily life of Civil war soldiers, the firsthand observation of officers, and the battles he witnessed from Yorkville to Bull Run. 85 full-color illustrations.
The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference
Author: Margaret E. WagnerPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684863502
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 984
Book Description
The bloody conflict that sundered the United States from 1861 to 1865 took 620,000 lives, laid waste to large sections of the American South, and decided the future course of the nation. Its reverberations are still felt in American life. Now from the home of "The Nation's Memory" comes "The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference." Drawn from the Library's unparalleled Civil War collections -- including previously unpublished letters and diaries, maps and photographs, as well as thousands of works by post-Civil War scholars and experts -- this is the ultimate one-volume reference on the Civil War. A comprehensive yet accessible compendium, "The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference" is organized into chapters that address broad themes such as "Antebellum America," "Wartime Politics," "Armies," and "Reconstruction and Aftermath of the War." Each of these chapters includes more specific topics, such as "The Election of 1860," "Notable Civil War Officers," and "African Americans During Reconstruction." There are timelines that chronicle major events, brief profiles of significant people, and excerpts from key pieces of legislation and addresses that reflect the passions and politics of the times. Here readers can find, for example, detailed information on the arms used on both sides during the Civil War in the "Weaponry" chapter. And descriptions of significant battles, as well as information on casualties, military strategy and tactics, and logistical support, are to be found in the "Battles and the Battlefield" chapter. Topics ranging from economic conditions north and south of the Mason-Dixon line on the eve of the war to the history of slavery in the United Statesto the impact of the Civil War on literature and the fine arts give additional depth and context to the book's presentation of Civil War events. "The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference" also looks beyond the major events and figures and examines the lives of the common soldiers (from their diet, training, and medical treatment to the struggles of the Union's black soldiers), the various roles women played in the war, and telling events on the home fronts. Along with the words of writers such as Walt Whitman and Herman Melville, readers will find excerpts from the journals and letters of nurses, soldiers, refugees and freedmen. A final chapter offers a guide to further study of the Civil War -- including information about major archival collections, important published resources, and national historic sites-for those who wish to learn more. Prodigious in its scope, illustrated with more than 100 photographs and drawings and dozens of maps, "The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference" is sure to become the indispensable one-volume reference on the Civil War.