Hard Tack and Coffee
by Billings, John D
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- ISBN 10
- 0809442086
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442089
- Seller
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Weare,, New Hampshire, United States
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Synopsis
Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life is a memoir by John D. Billings. Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller, and is now considered one of the most important books written by a Civil War veteran.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Boomer's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29770
- Title
- Hard Tack and Coffee
- Author
- Billings, John D
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ with No dust jacket as issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0809442086
- ISBN 13
- 9780809442089
- Publisher
- Time Life Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Alexandria, Va
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- 0809442086
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