Pen and Sword The Life and Journals of Randal W. McGavock by McGavock, Randal W.; Gower, Herschel [Editor] - 1960

Nashville, Tennessee:: Tennessee Historical Commission, 1959. A square, tight copy. The Dust Jacket has a few short closed tears (half-inch, or less) and shows minor soil, mostly on the white parts. Protected by a removable Brodart clear-plastic sleeve. NO owner's name or bookplate. NO remainder mark. Pages are clean. No foxing. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Contains a biography of McGavock by Herschel Gower, and his journals -- edited by Gower (for 1848-1851) & by Jack Allen (for 1853-1862). Randall W. McGavock (1826-1863) was a Harvard law student, mayor of Nashville, colonel in the Confederate Army, a prisoner of war, keen observer, and diarist with literary talent. Illustrations. Portraits. Document facsimiles. Index. Bound in the original gray cloth, lettered in shiny gold on front cover, and over a blue spine panel. From the Dust Jacket: "In his thirty-six years Randall McGavock led a life filled with adventure, and the story of that life is here… Read More