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I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island: Life in a Civil War Prison
David R. Bush
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Description for I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island: Life in a Civil War Prison
paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 399.
Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was not the largest Civil War prison in the North, but it was the only one to house Confederate officers almost exclusively. As a result, a distinctive prison culture developed, in part because of the educational background and access to money enjoyed by these prisoners.
David Bush has spent more than two decades leading archaeological investigations at the prison site. In I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island he pairs the expertise gained there with a deep reading of extant letters between one officer and his wife in Alexandria, Virginia, providing ... Read more
Johnson's Island, in Sandusky, Ohio, was not the largest Civil War prison in the North, but it was the only one to house Confederate officers almost exclusively. As a result, a distinctive prison culture developed, in part because of the educational background and access to money enjoyed by these prisoners.
David Bush has spent more than two decades leading archaeological investigations at the prison site. In I Fear I Shall Never Leave This Island he pairs the expertise gained there with a deep reading of extant letters between one officer and his wife in Alexandria, Virginia, providing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Florida, United States
ISBN
9780813044088
SKU
V9780813044088
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About David R. Bush
David R. Bush is professor of anthropology at Heidelberg University in Ohio and chairman of the Friends and Descendants of Johnson's Island Civil War Prison.
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