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1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil War
by Vandiver, Frank E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0385473850
- ISBN 13
- 9780385473859
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, 1999. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1st Printing Stated First Edition May 1999 in addition to complete number line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with tan, lightly speckled, boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. End papers contain maps: same on front and rear - on board verso: Seven Days' Battles; and on free end paper: Chattanooga to Atlanta. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Contains 182 black & white illustrations and photographs throughout. Each of the 1,001 'things' are numbered from 1 to 1,001. Book size is almost square at 7 1/2"" wide x 9 1/4"" tall; 276 numbered pages concluding with an extensive Index. Dust jacket very good; 3 1/2"" closed slit along front jacket fold line - not visible in protective jacket. Not price clipped. * From the jacket back, '....presents 1001 key facts about the war that tore the Union asunder. Organized chronologically, this book provides a guided tour of one of the most unwieldy and controversial subjects in American history...'
Synopsis
Frank E. Vandiver, president emeritus of Texas A&M University and a former acting president of the American University of Cairo, is currently director of the Mosher Institute for Defense Studies at Texas A&M. He is well known for his writings on the Civil War and military history, including Mighty Stonewall , Their Tattered Flags : The Epic of the Confederacy , Black Jack: The Life and Times of John J. Pershing , and Blood Brothers: A Short History of the Civil War . From the Trade Paperback edition.
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001210
- Title
- 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the Civil War
- Author
- Vandiver, Frank E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0385473850
- ISBN 13
- 9780385473859
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Civil War, Untied States - History - Civil War - 1861-1865 - Miscellanea
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of the Civil War;
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About the Seller
Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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