New York: The Century Co.,, 1893. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo,.. orig. 2 tone gilt cover, gilt spine, t.e.g., pp., 338 , illustrated, frontispiece, numerous black & white illustrations, edge wear, damage to top of spine, small ink stamp of former owner on the front free end-paper, ink sig of former owner across center of title page, tight, clean internally.,CONTENTS; War diary of a Union woman in the South / ed. by G.W. Cable -- Locomotive chase in Georgia / by W. Pittenger -- Mosby's "Partizan rangers" / by A.E. Richards -- Romance of Morgan's roughriders: The raid / by B.W. Duke. Capture / by O.B. Willcox -- Excape / by T.H. Hines -- Colonel Rose's tunnel at Libby prison / by F.E. Moran -- Hard road to travel out of Dixie / by W.H. Shelton -- Escape of General Breckenridge / by J.T. Wood..

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Bookseller: Harry E Bagley Books Ltd (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #: MT 0518
Title: FAMOUS ADVENTURES AND PRISON ESCAPES OF THE CIVIL WAR;
Author: Cable,George Washington ; William Pittenger; Adolphus E Richards; Basil Wilson Duke; Orlando Bolivar Willcox; Thomas H Hines; Frank E Moran; W H Shelton; John Taylor Wood;
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Century Co.,
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1893
Size: 8vo,.
Keywords: CIVIL WAR, US MILITARY, AMERICANA, PRISONS, AMERICANA, Breckinridge, John C. -- (John Cabell), -- 1821-1875,Libby Prison., Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Prisons.United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives., United S
Bookseller catalogs: Military; Biography & Autobiography;

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