Don't Know Much About(r) the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know about America's Greatest Conflict But Never Learned Paperback - 2011
by Kenneth C. Davis
Millions of Americans, bored by dull textbooks, are in the dark about the most significant event in our history. Here, the "New York Times" bestselling author deftly sorts out the players, the politics, and the key events of the Civil War.
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First line
Early in April 1865 Charles Corrin, a correspondent for the Boston Jounal, witnessed an extraordinary occurrence.
From the rear cover
Why did Abraham Lincoln sneak into Washington for his inauguration? Was the Gettysburg Address written on the back of an envelope?Where did the Underground Railroad run?
Can you answer these questions? If not, you're not alone! New York Times-bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue, deftly sorting out the players, the politics, the key events -- Emancipation and Reconstruction, Shiloh and Gettysburg, Generals Grant and Lee, Harriet Beecher Stowe -- and providing little-known facts that will enthrall even learned Civil War buffs. Vivid, informative, and hugely entertaining, Don't Know Much About(R) the Civil War is the only book you'll ever need on "the war that never ended."
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- Title Don't Know Much About(r) the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know about America's Greatest Conflict But Never Learned
- Author Kenneth C. Davis
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 544
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks, New York
- Date 2011-03-15
- ISBN 9780380719082 / 0380719088
- Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
- Dimensions 7.98 x 5.36 x 1.33 in (20.27 x 13.61 x 3.38 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Civil War,, Slavery - United States - History
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.7
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