The Whirlwind of War: Voices of the Storm, 1861-1865
by Oates, Stephen B
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- ISBN 10
- 006017580X
- ISBN 13
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New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998. 1st Statd Pbk 1st Pr. Hardbound. 8vo. 96 Pgs.. Fine in Good DJ/Very Good. The Whirlwind of War: Voices of the Storm, 1861-1865 by Stephen B Oates. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, 1998. 1st Stated Paperback 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 846 Pgs. ISBN 006017580X. LCCN 97-51171. The epic saga of the Civil War told from the viewpoints of eleven principal players in the drama. The author brings his moving narrative of the complex, bloody and destructive war to vivid and memorable life by writing in the first person, impersonating the voices and assuming the viewpoints of several of the principal figures: the rival presidents, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis; the rival generals, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman; the great black abolitionist, editor and orator, Frederick Douglass; the young Union battlefield nurse, Cornelia Hancock; the brilliant head of the Chicago Sanitary Commission and co-creator of the northern Sanitary Fair, Mary Livermore; the Confederate socialite and political insider, Mary Boykin Chesnut; the assassin, John Wilkes Booth; and the greatest poet of the era, Walt Whitman, who speaks in the coda about the meaning of war and Lincoln's death. Description text copyright 2016 BooksForComfort. Item ID 31233.
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- Bookseller
- Comfort Kraft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31233
- Title
- The Whirlwind of War: Voices of the Storm, 1861-1865
- Author
- Oates, Stephen B
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound. 8vo. 96 Pgs.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Good DJ
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Statd Pbk 1st Pr
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 006017580X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060175801
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- Civil War, Military History
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