9780195159011-0195159012-The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

ISBN-13: 9780195159011
ISBN-10: 0195159012
Edition: First Edition
Author: James M. McPherson
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 786 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780195159011
ISBN-10: 0195159012
Edition: First Edition
Author: James M. McPherson
Publication date: 2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover 786 pages

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The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (ISBN-13: 9780195159011 and ISBN-10: 0195159012), written by authors James M. McPherson, was published by Oxford University Press in 2003. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other Civil War (United States History, Pictorials, Military History, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Civil War books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.03.

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Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History and a New York Times Bestseller, Battle Cry of Freedom is universally recognized as the definitive account of the Civil War. It was hailed in The New York Times as "historical writing of the highest order." The Washington Post called it "the finest single volume on the war and its background." And The Los Angeles Times wrote that "of the 50,000 books written on the Civil War, it is the finest compression of that national paroxysm ever fitted between two covers."
Now available in a splendid new edition is The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom. Boasting some seven hundred pictures, including a hundred and fifty color images and twenty-four full-color maps, here is the ultimate gift book for everyone interested in American history. McPherson has selected all the illustrations, including rare contemporary photographs, period cartoons, etchings, woodcuts, and paintings, carefully choosing those that best illuminate the narrative. More important, he has written extensive captions (some 35,000 words in all, virtually a book in themselves), many of which offer genuinely new information and interpretations that significantly enhance the text. The text itself, streamlined by McPherson, remains a fast-paced narrative that brilliantly captures two decades of contentious American history, from the Mexican War to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The reader will find a truly masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities--as well as McPherson's thoughtful commentary on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory.
A must-have purchase for the legions of Civil War buffs, The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom is both a spectacularly beautiful volume and the definitive account of the most important conflict in our nation's history.

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