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The American Civil War: 365 Days
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by Margaret E. Wagner and Gary Gallagher
Sales Rank: 243249
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List Price: $29.95
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Features
Cover Type: Hard Cover with 744 pages
Published by: "Harry N. Abrams, Inc." April 1, 2006
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0810958473
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0810958470
Book Dimensions:
9.6 x 6.6 x 2.3 inches
Weighs: 4.4 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
Featuring more than 500 images from the collections of the Library of Congress, this book offers a keen overview of the Civil War. Wagner's succinct accounts of prominent figures and events paint a rich portrait of public sentiment in the pre-and-post-war years, but it is the sheer number of photographs, lithographs, battlefield drawings, political cartoons, posters, maps and letters that distinguishes this book. From the realignment of roles among African-Americans, women and civilians to the contents of Lincoln's pockets upon his death, this book affords many unique glimpses of the bloodiest war in American history.
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From School Library Journal
Adult/High School This illustrated history is a best buy. The black-and-white photographs and color reproductions are of great quality and the narrative is clear as well. The book is organized topically rather than chronologically, which takes getting used to. The topics include: Irrepressible Conflict (the causes of the war), Gathering Momentum (opening battles), War in the East (Bull Run to Appomattox), Wartime Politics (North, South, and foreign), War on the Water, Fighting for Freedom (the story of African Americans), Turning Points, and so on. Daily occurrences that run consecutively on each page are never cued to the illustrations on those pages, and the events jump from year to year within the main topics. The pages are not numbered. The chapter titles are the months of the year, but chapter events are never related to the month of the chapter title. The index, however, is cued to the date e.g., Dred Scott is mentioned in the index on 1/12, 1/13, and 1/15, meaning readers will find him mentioned on pages January 12, January 13, and January 15. Idiosyncrasies aside, this is a uniquely high-quality visual history. Alan Gropman, National Defense University, Washington, DC
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Reader Reviews
Margaret E. Wagner, The American Civil War: 365 Days form the Library of Congress (Abrams, 2006) It took me a very long time to get through this. A good deal of the reason is that the book is, despite its relatively small dimensions, massive; this is not one you'll be carrying with you on your morning commute or reading in the park. You may want to get it a podium of its very own. It's probably worth it. Wagner selected, as the subtitle tells you, three hundred sixty-five (actually, closer to five hundred; there are a number of small inset pictures, and many pages have more than one picture) photos, handbills, posters, and other ephemera from the Civil War era, and presents them here with some framing text. Actually, "some framing text" is an understatement-- you'll spend as much time reading as you will contemplating photographs, and Wagner's charm is that she spends a good deal of time illuminating dark corners of the war neglected in history books, or shining different lights on them than we're used to seeing. The result is a quite different look at the war than we're used to, and that makes this absorbing and worth reading. Just make sure you have someplace sturdy to set it while doing so. ****
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