| Edition |
First MetroBooks printing Sept. 2001. |
| Description |
ix, 630 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 29 cm |
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| Note |
Revised edition of: The American heritage picture history of the Civil War. [1960]. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 616-617) and index. |
| Contents |
A house divided -- The opening guns -- Real warfare begins -- The navies -- Confederate high-water mark -- Stalemate at home and abroad -- The South's last opportunity -- Men at arms -- The destruction of slavery -- The northern vice tightens -- Two nations at war -- Total warfare -- The forlorn hope -- Victory -- End and beginning -- A sound of distant drums. |
| Summary |
A history of the Civil War that features over 800 contemporary photographs, sketches, paintings, and maps, narrative by author Bruce Catton, and first-person accounts by men and women who witnessed the events. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Sources.
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1861-1865
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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| Added Author |
McPherson, James M.
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Trudeau, Noah Andre, 1949-
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Catton, Bruce, 1899-1978.
American heritage picture history of the Civil War.
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| Added Title |
Civil War |
| ISBN |
1586631985 |
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9781586631987 |
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