for young readers 
American Heritage 
picture history
third limp bound printing 1976

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

New York

The Golden Book of The Civil War

Susannah Ural

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

The Civil War in the Words of Those Who Lived It

Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades is the story of families enduring the whirlwind of the Civil War, told through the words of famous and ordinary citizens and ranging from the battlefield to the home front, from presidential councils to frontier revivals. The book reveals how Americans on both sides of the Mason and Dixon line withstood four years of brutal, unrelenting conflict. Of the hundreds of thousands of books published on the American Civil War, this is one of the few to approach the nation's defining conflict from this powerful perspective. Grounded in rare family letters and diaries, Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades captures Americans' wide-ranging reactions to the war and their astonishing perseverance. Some of the accounts are entirely unknown to readers, while better-known events are told from unusual perspectives. Abraham Lincoln's assassination, for example, is shared from the viewpoint of Major Henry Rathbone and his fiancée (and stepsister) Clara Harris, while Lewis Powell's attempt on Secretary of State William Seward's life is seen through the terrified eyes Fanny Seward, who was seated next to her father when Powell burst into the room. Madison and Lizzie Bowler help readers understand how the war brought a Minnesota couple together in marriage and then nearly drove them apart when Madison insisted that his first duty was to his nation while Lizzie believed it was to her and their newborn daughter. A thousand miles to the south, two Texas families also suffered through their soldiers' absence and tried to explain to their young children why father had “gone to war” with “Santaclause.” And to the north in Kentucky, a runaway slave won freedom for himself and his family by joining the Union Army only to face prejudice as brutal and destructive as the life he'd left behind. Readers are carried alongside these families, sharing their dreams that the fighting might end this year and suffering with them when the Reaper comes calling. Through these and other stories, Don't Hurry Me Down to Hades invites readers to set aside previous assumptions to learn about the divisions and range of opinions on both sides from ordinary and famous men and women, black and white, slave and free. Esteemed Civil War historian Susannah J. Ural brings fresh insight into the war by delving into historical archives and private family papers to peal back the passage of time. Her consummate narrative weaves together a textured, powerful portrait of a nation at war with itself.

Don't Hurry Me down to Hades

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Sebastian Barry

Very good clean tight copy.  Autographed.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

A Novel

COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD WINNER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE "A true leftfield wonder: Days Without End is a violent, superbly lyrical western offering a sweeping vision of America in the making."—Kazuo Ishiguro, Booker Prize-winning author From the two-time Booker Prize finalist Sebastian Barry, “a master storyteller” (Wall Street Journal) and author of the companion novel A Thousand Moons, a powerful chronicle of duty and family set against the American Indian and Civil Wars Thomas McNulty, aged barely seventeen and having fled the Great Famine in Ireland, signs up for the U.S. Army in the 1850s. With his brother in arms, John Cole, Thomas goes on to fight in the Indian Wars—against the Sioux and the Yurok—and, ultimately, the Civil War. Orphans of terrible hardships themselves, the men find these days to be vivid and alive, despite the horrors they see and are complicit in. Moving from the plains of Wyoming to Tennessee, Sebastian Barry’s latest work is a masterpiece of atmosphere and language. An intensely poignant story of two men and the makeshift family they create with a young Sioux girl, Winona, Days Without End is a fresh and haunting portrait of the most fateful years in American history and is a novel never to be forgotten.

Autographed copy *Days Without End

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Mark Millar

An accident on a reality show leads the government to issue a directive that all superheroes must register, a requirement that pits Captain America and his Underground Avengers against the Iron Man and Mr. Fantastic, who want to comply.

Civil War

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Michael Shaara

Indiana

The Classic Novel of the Civil War

“My favorite historical novel . . . a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant.”—James M. McPherson In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation's history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life. Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle. There were memories. There were promises. There was love. And far more than men fell on those Pennsylvania fields. Bright futures, untested innocence, and pristine beauty were also the casualties of war. Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize–winning masterpiece is unique, sweeping, unforgettable—the dramatic story of the battleground for America's destiny.

The Killer Angels

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#hardcover #civilwar #war #nationalhistoricalsociety

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

North Carolina

IMAGE OF WAR: 1861-1865 Volume IV

Fighting for Time, 1861-1865

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“In a word, we are our past. We do not cling to it, it clings to us." In this book, published the year of her death 1932, Grace King describes her life as a New Orleans independent literary icon of her time. She lived through wars, was friends with Mark Twain, Thomas Nelson Page, and Pearl Rivers among many other figures of that turn of the century era. A snapshot of New Orleans culture. 
Book has been taped with clear tape somewhere along the years. 

Virginia

Memories of a Southern Woman of Letters

Rhode Island

A pictorial history of the civil war years

Oversized Paperback (4 to 6 lbs)

Texas

The Civil War Narrative Trilogy

#civilwar #educational #history #hardcover #kenburns

Oversized Hardcover (4 to 6 lbs)

An Illustrated History

Portrays the lives of politicians, soldiers, and slaves during the Civil War

The Civil War

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Thomas Nelson Page was a Virginia writer who wrote southern plantation literature. This book published in 1903 tells a story that 
takes place post Civil War, when Gordon Keith must work to restore his family's fortunes after his father’s estate was stripped from him following the Confederacy's defeat. His father is reduced to being a paid overseer of the crumbling estate, so Keith attempts to repurchase it from opportunistic villainous Northern carpet-baggers and return it to its former glory. Romance ensues when he has to choose between the girl he loves and the beautiful woman who fascinates him, between the old South and the North. The novel explores themes of race, class, and identity, and offers a glimpse into the complexities of life in the South during this period of history.

Gordon Keith

Thomas Nelson Page was a Virginia writer who wrote southern plantation literature. This story takes place in post Civil War era Virginia, and follows the life of John Marvel, a young African American man who works as an assistant to a white lawyer. Despite facing discrimination and prejudice from the white community, John is determined to prove his worth and become a respected member of society. Along the way, he meets and falls in love with a young woman named Lucy, who is also facing challenges due to her social status. The novel explores themes of race, class, and identity, and offers a glimpse into the complexities of life in the South during this period of history. Published in 1909.

John Marvel Assistant 

Lee Roddy

Florida

"Laurel has promised to take one more assignment as a Pinkerton Detective before she marries Ridge. But before she can start a new case involving the building of the transcontinental railroad, she discovers the murder of someone extremely close to her. She vows to find the murderer and bring him to justice.Could the murder be connected to Laurel's war-time spying? And who could have learned her carefully held secret? She's told only three people what she did--and now one of them is dead. As Laurel searches for the killer, she also struggles over her love for Ridge. Is love enough to overcome the bitter wartime memories of a Northerner and a Southerner?Her aunt says that there comes a time when no one can help except God. What will it take for Laurel to reach that point? And will God answer her prayer when she hasn't been on very good terms with Him?"

(1st Edition) Tomorrow's Promise

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The Coming Fury, Terrible Swift Sword, Never Call Retreat.

See photos for condition of the books. All have a laminated cover. The third book in the trilogy has the dust jacket taped onto the book. Second book has more shelf wear on top of spine than others.

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Huge Hardcover (6 to 8 lbs)

Bruce Catton Centennial History of the Civil War Coming Fury, First Edition book

Brooks D. Simpson

Ohio

The first volume in a four-volume series on the American Civil War—featuring first-hand writings from Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, and more After 150 years the Civil War is still our greatest national drama, at once heroic, tragic, and epic-our Iliad, but also our Bible, a story of sin and judgment, suffering and despair, death and resurrection in a "new birth of freedom.” Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, The Civil War: The First Year gathers over 120 pieces by more than sixty participants to create a unique firsthand narrative of this great historical crisis. Beginning on the eve of Lincoln's election in November 1860 and ending in January 1862 with the appointment of Edwin M. Stanton as secretary of war, this volume presents writing by figures well-known—Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, Mary Chesnut, Frederick Douglass, and Lincoln himself among them—and less familiar, like proslavery advocate J.D.B. DeBow, Lieutenants Charles B. Haydon of the 2nd Michigan Infantry and Henry Livermore Abbott of the 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and plantation mistresses Catherine Edmondston of North Carolina and Kate Stone of Mississippi. Together, the selections provide a powerful sense of the immediacy, uncertainty, and urgency of events as the nation was torn asunder. Includes headnotes, a chronology of events, biographical and explanatory endnotes, full-color hand-drawn endpaper maps, and an index. Companion volumes will gather writings from the second, third, and final years of the conflict. LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

The Civil War: the First Year Told by Those Who Lived It (LOA #212)

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Geoffrey C. Ward

Ric Burns

Ken Burns

This is a great illustrated book on the cuvil war, an illustrated history. This book is in great condition.

James Robertson

This book is in good shape, the book jacket is slightly crinkled on the edge as can be seen in the photo.

Exploring the Human Side of War

132 untold stories and 475 rare illustrations offer a completely new perspective on the Civil War.

The Untold Civil War

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#Johnjakes #Hardcover #hardbound #setbacks #civilwar #historical

Mammoth Paperback (8 to 10 lbs)

VTG Collectors John Jakes KENT FAMILY CHRONICLES The Americans Set Hardcover

California

A Chronicle of the California 100 and Battalion in the Civil War, from San Francisco to Appomattox

The little known story of the five hundred volunteers from California known as the "California Hundred and Battalion." This is not a narrative or reworded history, the words are from those who were there. Gain new insights into California's involvement in the Civil War.

Their Horses Climbed Trees

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THE IMAGE OF WAR: 1861-1865 VOLUME II

The Guns of '62

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James M. McPherson

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Illinois

Pulitzer Prize award-winning historian James M. McPherson has written for young readers a stirring account of the greatest conflict to happen on our nation's soil, the Civil War, bringing to life the tragic struggle that divided not only a nation, but also friends and family. From the initial Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, to the devastating loss of life at Shiloh as Ulysses S. Grant led the Union to unexpected victory, to the brilliance of Stonewall Jackson's campaign at Shenandoah, to General Pickett's famous charge at Gettysburg, to the Union's triumph at Appo-mattox Court House, Fields of Fury details the war that helped shape us as a nation.
Also included are personal anecdotes from the soldiers at the battlefront and the civilians at home, as well as profiles of historical luminaries such as Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, and Ulysses S. Grant. McPherson also explores the varied roles that women played during the war, healthcare on the battlefield, and the demise of slavery.
McPherson's narrative is highlighted with black-and-white photographs taken by Civil War photographers Mathew Brady and Timothy O'Sullivan, period oil paintings, and key campaign and battlefield maps, that make Fields of Fury the consummate book on the American Civil War for kids.

Fields of Fury

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The Confederate ironclad Ram Jackson


Initially named the MUSCOGEE this 224ft. Ironclad was laid down at the confederate Navy Yard Columbus, Georgia, in 1862.


Change in the design and deficiencies of iron for armor plate delayed the JACKSON completion, and she was still unfinished at the time of her destruction by Union forces, April 17, 1865.



Remains of the JACKSON were savaged in the early 1960s and are on display at the Confederate Naval Museum, Columbus, Georgia.

The Confederate ironclad Ram Jackson (1862) Print 16x11 Inch

Battle Of Williamsburg VA, on the Peninsula between York and James Rivers, May 6, 1862– Sketched By A. WAUD PLUS

CATAWBA FLAGSHIP U.S STEAMER POCAHONTAS. FORT SUMTER IN THE DISTANCE. GUNBOAT OTTAWA

Sinking of the Stone Fleet in Charleston harbor, December 25, 1861.

Coast Defenses — Fort phoenix at the Entrance of the Harbor of New Bedford, Mass —- Sketched by Edward Rodmanttle.


Pictorial Battles Antique Civil War Print 16x11 inch

Front and back

Battle Of Williamsburg VA, 1862 Pictorial Battles of The Civil War 16x11’’

#paperback #history #civilwar #wadsworthcengagelearning

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

History

Documents and Essays

Designed to be either the primary anthology or textbook for the course, this best-selling title covers the Civil War's entire chronological span with a series of documents and essays.

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Charles Flato

The Golden Book of The Civil War

Susannah Ural

Don't Hurry Me down to Hades

Sebastian Barry

Autographed copy *Days Without End

Mark Millar

Civil War

Michael Shaara

The Killer Angels

National Historical Society; William C. Davis (Editor); Bell I. Wiley (Editor)

Fighting for Time, 1861-1865

Grace King

Memories of a Southern Woman of Letters

Paul Angle

A pictorial history of the civil war years

Shelby Foote

The Civil War Narrative Trilogy

Geoffrey C. Ward; Ric Burns; Ken Burns

The Civil War

Thomas Nelson Page

Gordon Keith

Thomas Nelson Page

John Marvel Assistant

Lee Roddy

(1st Edition) Tomorrow's Promise

Bruce Catton

Bruce Catton Centennial History of the Civil War Coming Fury, First Edition book

Brooks D. Simpson

The Civil War: the First Year Told by Those Who Lived It (LOA #212)

Geoffrey C. Ward; Ric Burns; Ken Burns

The Civil War

James Robertson

The Untold Civil War

John Jakes

VTG Collectors John Jakes KENT FAMILY CHRONICLES The Americans Set Hardcover

Larry Rogers

Their Horses Climbed Trees

National Historical Society; William C. Davis (Editor)

The Guns of '62

James M. McPherson

Fields of Fury

Ram Jackson

The Confederate ironclad Ram Jackson (1862) Print 16x11 Inch

Pictorial Battle

Battle Of Williamsburg VA, 1862 Pictorial Battles of The Civil War 16x11’’

Michael Perman; Amy Murrell Taylor

Major Problems in the Civil War and Reconstruction