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This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga
by Beter Cozzens
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/Very Good +
- ISBN 10
- 025201703X
- ISBN 13
- 9780252017032
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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£11.92£8.34
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About This Item
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1992 University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL. 1992. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light shelfwear to head, tail, and tips. DJ: Very Good +; light shelfwear and bumping to head, tail, and tips. Blue cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. Blue endpapers. 675 pp 8vo. When the North and South met among the desolate mountains of NW Georgia in 1863, they began one of the bloodiest and most decisive campaigns of the Civil War. The battle lasted two days yet was almost as costly as Gettysburg. The author offers new interpretations that challenge conventional wisdom on key moments of the battle. Enhanced by detailed battle maps and original sketches. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015622
- Title
- This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga
- Author
- Beter Cozzens
- Illustrator
- Keith Rocco
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 025201703X
- ISBN 13
- 9780252017032
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Place of Publication
- Urbana, IL
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Civil War, Battle of Chickamauga, War in the West, Union Army, Confederate Army, North, South, Civil War Battles, Civil War in Georgia,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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