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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
James M. McPherson
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Description for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
Paperback. Recounts the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War including the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln-Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry. Num Pages: 944 pages, maps, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 640.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History 'Read it. It will open your eyes about race history in America. It will shock you for what it tells you about politics in America today.' Richard Ford 'A remarkably wide-ranging synthesis of the history of the 1850s and the Civil War ... that effectively integrates in one volume social, political and military events from the immediate aftermath of the Mexican War through the sectional strife of the 1850s, the secession movement, and the Civil War ... It is a masterful work' New York Review of Books ... Read more
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History 'Read it. It will open your eyes about race history in America. It will shock you for what it tells you about politics in America today.' Richard Ford 'A remarkably wide-ranging synthesis of the history of the 1850s and the Civil War ... that effectively integrates in one volume social, political and military events from the immediate aftermath of the Mexican War through the sectional strife of the 1850s, the secession movement, and the Civil War ... It is a masterful work' New York Review of Books ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
944
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140125184
SKU
9780140125184
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About James M. McPherson
James McPherson is Professor Emeritus of American History at Princeton University. Battle Cry of Freedom won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 2003.
Reviews for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
McPherson wears with equal ease the hats of biographer, economist, sociologist and military historian .. Probably the best single-volume history of America's Civil War yet written
Economist
Absolutely brilliant ... McPherson has fresh approaches to the war's background, the four years of struggle and the aftermath
Washington Post Book World
A distinguished contribution to American history ... Read more
Economist
Absolutely brilliant ... McPherson has fresh approaches to the war's background, the four years of struggle and the aftermath
Washington Post Book World
A distinguished contribution to American history ... Read more