The confederate nation: 1861 to 1865
β Scribed by Emory M. Thomas
- Publisher
- HarperCollins e-Books
- Year
- 1979;2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 302 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
"The Confederate Nation has yet to be superseded as the standard title on the subject. " --Journal of Southern History, 2007
"Incisive and insightful.... As good a short history of the Southern war effort was we have." --T. Harry Williams, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lincoln and His Generals
Emory M. Thomas's critically acclaimed chronicle of the Confederacy remains widely recognized as the standard history of the South during the Civil War. Now with a new introduction by the author, The Confederate Nation presents a high readable, highly personal portrait of the Southern experience during the Civil War. Thomas, renowned for his illuminating biographies of Robert E. Lee and other Southern generals, here delivers the definitive account of the political and military events that defined the nation during its period of greatest turmoil.
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The general is older than the capital -- The union, sir, is dissolved -- Arrival of a westerner -- Deserted village -- Home of the brave -- Excursion in Virginia -- All quiet on the Potomac -- Ladies in durance -- Two civilians and General Halleck -- Lost leaders -- The great army of the wounded --
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When her tinsmith father and brothers head West, Polish immigrant Marie Kotlarczyk has no choice but to go along. Family, after all, is family. The Dakota Territories are anything but welcoming to the Kotlarczyks, and as the months trip by, Marie must pick up the hammers sheβs secretly desired but a
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