CIVIL WAR

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1992. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Carr's third book, predating his recent fiction efforts (the Alienist, etc.)... The 'Hua' (white god) of whom the old Chinese merchant spoke was Frederick Townsend Ward, a young soldier of fortune from Salem, Massachusetts, who had come to China in 1859 and offered his services to the imperial government in its bitter war against a hugely powerful group of quasi-Christian mystics calling themselves the Taipings. When he arrived in Shangai, Ward was twenty-eight years old and penniless; when he died in battle three years later, he was the most honored American in Chinese history, a naturalized Chinese subject and a mandarin entitled to wear the prestigious peacock feather in his cap:' A soldier of fortune who became a military genius of astounding virtuosity, American adventurer Frederick Townsend Ward fought with William Walker in Mexico and in the French army in the Crimean War. But it was in China-a country that had always exercised a powerful hold over him -that Ward would conduct one of the most extraordinary military campaigns in history. In 1859, the local Chinese authorities of Shanghai were faced with the approaching rebel army of the Taipings; cornered, they looked to the local Western population for help in defending the city. At this crucial stage of the Taiping rebellion-the most bloody and destructive civil war the world has ever suffered-Frederick Townsend Ward emerged as the man able and willing to take history into his own hands. Ward built the "Ever Victorious Army"-otherwise known as "The Devil Soldiers"-in response to the mounting rebel threat. While leading this highly successful force of Western-trained Chinese soldiers, Ward was wounded many times, imprisoned by the British on a warship (from which he made a dramatic escape), and naturalized as a Chinese citizen. He eventually married the daughter of a Chinese mandarin, won a string of critical victories against the Taipings, and was awarded a generalship and a mandarinate of his own. ISBN: 0679411143. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. MILITARY BIOGRAPHY CHINA HISTORY AMERICANS FOREIGN COUNTRIES AUTOBIOGRAPHY SOCIAL SCIENCE GENERAL. more information

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Doubleday, 2002. 1st ed. A fine, unread copy of the Bound Galley. Historical mystery featuring Clara Barton working as a relief worker in South Carolina's Gullah communities on Hilton Head Island.. ISBN: 038549470x. First Edition. Pictorial Wrappers. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof. FICTION HISTORICAL, MYSTERY, FEMALE, CLARA BARTON, CIVIL WAR,. more information

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N.Y.: Hyperion, 2008. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. EDGAR AWARD NOMINEE for Best First Novel. Debut novel by Fuller (screenwriter for 25 years). The year is 1862, and the Civil War rages through the South. On a Virginia tobacco plantation, another kind of battle soon begins. There, Cassius Howard, a skilled carpenter and slave, risks everything-- punishment, sale to a cotton plantation, even death -- to learn the truth concerning the murder of Emoline, a freed black woman, a woman who secretly taught him to read and once saved his life. Publicity sheets laid in.. ISBN: 9781401323318. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Edgar Award Nominee, Civil War, Mystery, Crime, Virginia, Historical,. more information

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New York, U.S.A.: Dell Pub Co, 1995. A Self-Exiled American with a shady past gets mixed up with New Scotland Yard. 1st Ed. Near fine. Very slight creaing to spine and SLIGHT slant. PBO. ISBN: 0553568590. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Near Fine. Paperback Original. PAPERBACK ORIGINAL, MYSTERY, DETECTIVE, FICTION GRAYSON GALE FICTITIOUS CHARACTER. more information

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Scribners, 1996. 1st ed. Uncorrected proof, fine in decorated wraps. A Murder of a top Civil War commander in the Dakota Territory.. ISBN: (March). First Edition. Pictorial Cover. Fine/No Jacket. Uncorrected Proof. Mystery; Historical; Uncorrected Proof; Civil War; Wraps. more information

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Scribners, 1997. The second entry in the fine Capt. Thomas Maynard series. A Civil War commander who was killed during the war and buried in 1864 is seen walking the streets of a dusty gold-mining town in Montana Territory in 1870. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Mystery - Historical Montana Territory. more information

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Viking, 1999. 1st ed. Front hinge shaken else near Fine in dust jacket. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. Richmond setting. 2nd in this Civil War series. . ISBN: 0670881481. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. MYSTERY; SIGNED; RICHMOND; CIVIL WAR; SOUTH; MYSTERY & CRIME. more information

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Viking, 1999. Fine in dj. SIGNED COPY. Richmond. 2nd in this Civil War series. 1st ed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. MYSTERY; SIGNED; RICHMOND; CIVIL WAR; SOUTH; MYSTERY & CRIME. more information

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Viking 1998. Fine in dj. SIGNED COPY. Author's 1st book. Richmond on the eve of the Civil War. 1st ed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. MYSTERY; 1ST FIRST BOOK; SIGNED; RICHMOND; CIVIL WAR; SOUTH; MYSTERY & CRIME. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 2002. 1st ed. fine in dust jacket. Winner of the Dashiell Hammett Award for Best Literary Mystery. The 4th Major Abel Jones, Civil War era mystery, this time set in London and Glasgow.. ISBN: 0-06-018634-8. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. FICTION, HISTORICAL MYSTERY, DETECTIVE GENERAL WAR UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL 1861 1865 JONES ABEL FICTITIOUS CHARACTER, AWARD WINNER,. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Morrow/Avon, 1999. 1st ed. Fine in dust jacket. Author's first book. First of the Abel Jones series set during the time of the American Civil War. Winner of the HERODOTUS Award as the Best 1st US Historical Novel.. ISBN: 0380976420. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. FICTION HISTORICAL UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861 1865 JONES ABEL FICTITIOUS CHARACTER MYSTERY DETECTIVE AWARD WINNER DEBUT NOVEL. more information

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NY,NY: William Morrow & Co, 2005. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. Abel Jones, a federal agent during the American Civil War, is featured in the sixth title in this series. ISBN: 0060513926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. HISTORICAL/CIVIL WAR. more information

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NY.NY: William Morrow & Co, 2000. 1st. Ed. FINE/FINE. Abel Jones, a federal agent during the American Civil War, is featured in the second title in this series.. ISBN: 0-380-97643-9. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. FICTION HISTORICAL MYSTERY DETECTIVE UNITED. more information

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