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The American companion to A History of the World in 100 Objects, a fresh, visual perspective on the Civil War From a soldier's diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown's pike, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier, here is a unique and surprisingly intimate look at the Civil War.
Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer sheds new light on the war by examining fifty objects from the New-York Historical Society's acclaimed collection. A daguerreotype of an elderly, dignified ex-slave; a soldier's footlocker still packed with its contents; Grant's handwritten terms of surrender at Appomattox--the stories these objects tell are rich, poignant, sometimes painful, and always fascinating. They illuminate the conflict from all perspectives--Union and Confederate, military and civilian, black and white, male and female--and give readers a deeply human sense of the war.
ISBN | 9780143128144 |
Categories | History, MIXnMATCH, Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction: Humanities |
Author(s) | Holzer, Director of the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College Harold |
Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
Pages | 416 |
Format | Paperback |
Dimensions | 21.9cm x 3cm x 14.3cm |
Weight | 0.71 kg |