Resultados de búsqueda: Civil War History from High-Lonesome Books

St. Louis, MO: Missouri Historical Society Press, 1995. Third printing. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 11, 179 pgs, index, bibliography, notes, b&w and color illustrations and maps. "St. Louis on the eve of the Civil War was a highly volatile mixture of sectional divisions and ethnic tension. A pro-Confederate governor who plotted with Jefferson Davis to seize the city's Federal arsenal, a pro-Union congressman from a powerful political family, a large population of European immigrants, and a long history of mixed feelings toward the 'peculiar institution' of slavery made the outcome of the struggle for control of St. Louis anything but certain."

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1988. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 382 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Excellent brief history of America's Civil War, 1861-1865.

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1969. Hardcover. Very Good. 7 x 10, 215 pgs, index, full of color photos, decorated endsheets. Accounts of battles, portraits of personalities and leaders and the agonies that the North and South both endured before the country could once again become the "United" States.

Boonville, MO: MissouriLife, 2007. Paperback. Very Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 138 pgs, b&w and color photos and illustrations throughout. This book explains the political atmosphere in Missouri prior to the Civil War and the war's effects on Missourians throughout the first year of the tortuous struggle to determine the state's allegiance. During the 1850s, as arguments over states' rights and slavery escalated, Missouri became one of the most volatile regions in the nation. Friends, families, and neighbors often found themselves on opposite sides of the issues because of the strong ties Missouri had with both the North and the South. The authors introduce key political and military players—including Nathaniel Lyon, Sterling Price, Ulysses S. Grant—and explain military operations from the first battle at Boonville to the 1861 battles at Carthage, Wilson's Creek, Athens, Lexington, and Belmont. Missouri soon came to epitomize the tragedy of the… Leer más

New York: Franklin Watts, 1992. Paperback. Good+. 7 x 9 1/2, 64 pgs, color illustrations and maps. Includes details of key battles, military strategy and equipment and comprehensive historical background.

New York: American Heritage Press, 1977. Paperback. Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 341 pgs, b&w photos and illustrations. Excellent brief history of America's Civil War, 1861-1865. Front cover curled.

Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1978. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 6 x 9, 468 pgs, index, notes, bibliography, b&w maps, historical photos and illustrations. The first full account of Federal combined operations during the Civil War. The early combined operations were improvised and tentative; but by the end of the war, amphibious warfare had evolved into a sophisticated tool of conquest.

New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967. Reprint. Paperback. Fair. 4 x 7, 605 pgs, mass-market paperback. Volume One of the Centennial History of the Civil War series, the build up to the Civil War and early skirmishes. Front cover creased from top to bottom.

Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1990. First, thus. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 308 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. Many books have focused on Custer's Last Stand in 1876, making legend of total defeat. This is the first book to examine at length, with attention to primary sources, his brilliant Civil War career. The author describes the Boy General's vital contributions to Union victories from Gettysburg to Appomattox.

Nashville: J.S. Sanders & Co,, 1998. First, thus. Paperback. Very Good. Originally published in 1879. This highly literate account by the son of President Zachary Taylor follows the author's Confederate commands in all three major theatres of the war, and provides a unique view of the Reconstruction period.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1942. Hardcover. Good+. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 627 pgs, sources, mapped endsheets. Historial fiction set in the Civil War era.

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Good+ in Good+ DJ. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 201 pgs, b&w historical photos, sources, notes. The famous Civil War battle at sea between the Union ironclad Monitor and the Confederacy's Virginia, the redesigned and rebuilt U.S.S. Merrimack. Ex-library with the usual markings.

Spring Lake, MI: River Road Publications, 2001. Paperback. Very Good+. 8 1/2 x 11, 24 pgs, b&w illustrations. A children's lesson book with stories, questions and projects. Perfect for the home-schooler!

U.S.: Promontory Press, 1973. Hardcover. Good. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 308 pgs, index, section of b&w photos. Battle by battle, Custer's place during the Civil War.

Washington DC: National Geographic Society, 1996. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good+ DJ. 8 x 10, 156 pgs, index, b&w photos, illustrations and maps. From Sumter to Appomattox, he wrote letters to his wife and asked her to save them for his journal.

Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good DJ. 6 x 9 1/2, 318 pgs, index, bibliography. Known for his fearlessness in both the political arena and the battlefield, Frank Blair is a Missouri legend. As a member of one of the most prominent and powerful political families in America during the nineteenth century, possibly the equivalent of the twentieth-century Kennedys, Frank was steeped in politics at an early age. The youngest son of Francis Preston Blair, editor of Andrew Jackson's Washington Globe and adviser to Presidents Andrew Jackson through Andrew Johnson, Frank Blair was greatly influenced by his father, who had high political expectations of him. Volatile and combative, Blair was either strongly admired or hated by the public figures of his day. He held adamantly to his opinions and fought hard for his political causes. He was an ardent supporter of Abraham Lincoln and championed the president's program in Congress and in… Leer más

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1985. Revised. Paperback. Very Good. 6 x 9, 293 pgs, index, notes, section of b&w historical photos. Biography of the legendary horticulturist Luther Burbank (1849-1926). Captivating reading for both the garden lover and the botanical specialist.

New York: Dial Press, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8, 256 pgs. A quest for power leads a penniless Civil War veteran to a life of wealth, position and luxury.

Ft. Worth: Ryan Place Publishers, 1995. First printing. Paperback. Very Good+. 6 x 9, 134 pgs, index, bibliography, b&w historical photos. A few places with yellow highlighting. "It is September 1863. Gen. James Longstreet and his Corps ride the rails westward to join Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee in its efforts to halt the advance of the Union Army. Longstreet, a favorite of Gen. Robert E. Lee, fully expects to replace Bragg as commander of the Western Army. Despite assurances to Longstreet from prominent Confederates, President Davis does not remove Bragg to make way for Longstreet. Longstreet's keen disappointment and unsoldierly behavior lead to disaster for the Army itself. Upon separation from Bragg's Army he fails spectacularly at Knoxville, proving to all his inability to function in an independent command."

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1988. Paperback. Very Good. 5 1/2 x 8, 482 pgs, section of b&w historical photos, index. Drawn entirely on primary sources, a full picture of the contradictory McClellan.