Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Maryland

A Novel

A cinematic Reconstruction-era drama of violence and fraught moral reckoning

In Dawson's Fall, a novel based on the lives of Roxana Robinson's great-grandparents, we see America at its most fragile, fraught, and malleable. Set in 1889, in Charleston, South Carolina, Robinson's tale weaves her family's journal entries and letters with a novelist's narrative grace, and spans the life of her tragic hero, Frank Dawson, as he attempts to navigate the country's new political, social, and moral landscape.

Dawson, a man of fierce opinions, came to this country as a young Englishman to fight for the Confederacy in a war he understood as a conflict over states' rights. He later became the editor of the Charleston News and Courier, finding a platform of real influence in the editorial column and emerging as a voice of the New South. With his wife and two children, he tried to lead a life that adhered to his staunch principles: equal rights, rule of law, and nonviolence, unswayed by the caprices of popular opinion. But he couldn't control the political whims of his readers. As he wrangled diligently in his columns with questions of citizenship, equality, justice, and slavery, his newspaper rapidly lost readership, and he was plagued by financial worries. Nor could Dawson control the whims of the heart: his Swiss governess became embroiled in a tense affair with a drunkard doctor, which threatened to stain his family's reputation. In the end, Dawson--a man in many ways representative of the country at this time--was felled by the very violence he vehemently opposed.

Dawson's Fall

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#hardcover #fiction #historicalfiction I have original dust jacket, not pictured here. Will send with book unless requested otherwise. 

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

New Jersey

A story based on the true experiences of a Civil War heroine finds Carrie McGavock witnessing the bloodshed of the Battle of Franklin, falling in love with a wounded man, and dedicating her home as a burial site for fallen soldiers.

The Widow of the South

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Virginia

Ghosts and Haunts of the Civil War

Ex-library copy in reinforced turtleback library binding

Oregon

When Sheldon Russell Curtis told this story to his daughter, Rosa, she kept every word in her heart and was to retell it many times.
I will tell it in Sheldon's own words as nearly as I can.

He was wounded in a fierce battle and left for dead in a pasture somewhere in Georgia when Pinkus found him. Pinkus' skin was the color of polished mahogany, and he was flying Union colors like the wounded boy, and he picked him up out of the field and brought him to where the black soldier's mother, Moe Moe Bay, lived. She had soft, gentle hands and cared for him and her Pink.

But the two boys were putting her in danger, two Union soldiers in Confederate territory! They had to get back to their outfits. Scared and uncertain, the boys were faced with a hard decision, and then marauding Confederate troops rode in.

In this Civil War story passed from great-grandfather to grandmother, to son, and finally to the author-artist herself, Patricia Polacco once again celebrates the shared humanity of the peoples of this world.

Pink and Say

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The cover shows some signs of wear as you can see in the photos. There are some brown dots on the top of the book as you can see in the photo. ￼#hardcover #civilwar #hardcover #lee #robertelee p36jnvt

Massachusetts

An Abridgement

"An abridgement by Richard Harwell of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 4-volume biography"--Cover.

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Barbara Kerley

Excellent condition from a smoke-free home.

Ohio

Words for America

The pioneering team that brought you Caldecott Honor Book The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins lends their vision, flair, and unique style to Walt Whitman--poet, American icon, Civil War hero.Did you know that poet Walt Whitman was also a Civil War nurse? Devastated by his country dividing and compelled to service by his brother's war injury, Walt nursed all soldiers--Union and Confederate, black and white. By getting to know them through many intense and affecting experiences, he began to see a greater life purpose: His writing could give these men a voice, and in turn, achieve his highest aspiration--to capture the true spirit of America. Dramatic, powerful, and deeply moving, this consummate portrait of Whitman will inspire readers to pick up their pens and open their hearts to humanity.

Walt Whitman

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New York

The Little Book of The Civil War

North Carolina

Sooner or later, history asks, which side were you on? In his powerful new novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War Her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much-older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects the secure life of a Mississippi landowner. Davis instead pursues a career in politics and is eventually appointed president of the Confederacy, placing Varina at the white-hot center of one of the darkest moments in American history—culpable regardless of her intentions. The Confederacy falling, her marriage in tatters, and the country divided, Varina and her children escape Richmond and travel south on their own, now fugitives with “bounties on their heads, an entire nation in pursuit.” Intimate in its detailed observations of one woman’s tragic life and epic in its scope and power, Varina is a novel of an American war and its aftermath. Ultimately, the book is a portrait of a woman who comes to realize that complicity carries consequences.

Varina

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Publications International Ltd. Staff

Takes, stories and tidbits about the civil war. Great book for civil war buffs

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

The Armchair Reader series will entertain and enlighten with little-known anecdotes, untold stories, fascinating facts, and tales of intrigue. The Reader's innovative approach and unique style will capture the imaginations of the Civil War buff and the novice, as well. Discover families that were split in two over the war--even Abraham Lincoln's. Find out which generals rose to the occasion and which failed to live up to expectations. Learn how the technical marvels of the day--land mines, the telegraph, and photography--changed warfare forever.

Armchair Reader Civil War

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Webb B. Garrison

In addition to trivia and facts, the book includes 33 fascinating sidebar articles, and 48 unusual photographs and stories. Thoroughly indexed, this book is a valuable resource for students and researchers. 
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Still in original packaging

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Unusual and Often Overlooked Facts about America's Civil War

Provides answers to questions on the personalities, statistics, places, weapons, and events of the Civil War

Civil War Trivia and Fact Book

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 Drivin' Woman

Virginia Ellis

Texas

Widowed after the Civil War and struggling to make ends meet, Julia and Victoria Atwater plan to cheer up their younger sister, Claire, by sewing her a special wedding gown, but all their lives are changed by the arrival of Sergeant Monroe Tacy.

The Wedding Dress

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Phillip Katcher

Awesome book for Civil War buffs, jam packed with great facts, illustrations, maps, photographs and more.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

The hardcover reference titles in the Day by Day series examine the evolution of wars in a chronological timeline, from the first skirmish to the last battle and everything in between. These books are a historical companion to each major war in the nineteenth and twentieth century. The fate of soldiers, battalions, armies, can change in the blink of an eye--with this comprehensive book readers can follow the conflicting sides in their strategy, weaponry, and policies.

The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in U.S. history, claiming the lives of over 600,000 Americans between 1861 and 1865. The Civil War Day by Day is a chronological, month-by-month approach to the conflict, allowing the reader to see at a glance the key battles on land and at sea; bloody engagements such as the First Bull Run, Antietam, Nashville, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor and Gettysburg. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of contemporary photographs and illustrations, this book also includes full-color maps of all the major battles and campaigns of the war. Each chapter contains boxes on the weapons that were used by both sides in the war, and the tactics that were employed on the battlefield.

The Civil War Day by Day

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Barbara Herkert

An illuminating picture book biography of an artist and former slave whose patchwork quilts bring the stories of her family to life. Harriet Powers learned to sew and quilt as a young slave girl on a Georgia plantation. She lived through the Civil War and Reconstruction, and eventually owned a cotton farm with her family, all the while relying on her skills with the needle to clothe and feed her children. Later she began making pictorial quilts, using each square to illustrate Bible stories and local legends. She exhibited her quilts at local cotton fairs, and though she never traveled outside of Georgia, her quilts are now priceless examples of African American folk art. Barbara Herkert’s lyrical narrative and Vanessa Newton’s patchwork illustrations bring this important artist to life in a moving picture-book biography.

Sewing Stories: Harriet Powers' Journey from Slave to Artist

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#hardcover #civilwar #gettysburg #nonfiction 

Pennsylvania

A gripping, comprehensive account of the Civil War, including eyewitness testimony, profiles of key personalities, period photographs, illustrations and artifacts, and detailed battle maps. Fully researched, superbly written.

Gettysburg

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Wisconsin

A Novel of the Civil War

A fictionalized account of an alternate American Civil War recounts events following the capture of Vicksburg by General Ulysses S. Grant and traces the northern army's journey to Gettysburg.

Grant Comes East

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#hardcover #civilwar #politics previous library book

Louisiana

Politicians, Slavery Extension, and the Coming of the Civil War

How partisan politics lead to the Civil War. What brought about the Civil War? Leading historian Michael F. Holt convincingly offers a disturbingly contemporary answer: partisan politics. In this brilliant and succinct book, Holt distills a lifetime of scholarship to demonstrate that secession and war did not arise from two irreconcilable economies any more than from moral objections to slavery.

Fate of Their Country #4

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#journey #civilwar #historicalfiction #charlesfrazier #nytbestseller #blueridgemountains #Confederate #saga #romance #awardwinner

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Cold Mountain

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Book includes bonus material, a sneak peek, from the author’s novel The Patriot Threat.

American President Cotton Malone tackles the secrets of Mormonism, a U.S. Senator's stealthy secession plan, and a history-shaping letter that was handed down through the chief executive line.

The Lincoln Myth

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In 1852, recovering from the death of her husband and parents and the loss of her home on St. Simons Island, Anne Couper Fraser finds refuge in Marietta, Georgia, but her new life and her family are soon torn apart by the conflicting loyalties and violence of the Civil War. 125,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.

Beauty from Ashes

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Paulette Jiles

Good morning America

For the Colleys of southeastern Missouri, the War between the States is a plague that threatens devastation, despite the family’s avowed neutrality. For eighteen-year-old Adair Colley, it is a nightmare that tears apart her family and forces her and her sisters to flee. The treachery of a fellow traveler, however, brings about her arrest, and she is caged with the criminal and deranged in a filthy women’s prison. But young Adair finds that love can live even in a place of horror and despair. Her interrogator, a Union major, falls in love with her and vows to return for her when the fighting is over. Before he leaves for battle, he bestows upon her a precious gift: freedom. Now an escaped "enemy woman," Adair must make her harrowing way south buoyed by a promise . . . seeking a home and a family that may be nothing more than a memory.

Enemy Women

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James I  Robertson

1861-1865

Young readers learn and interact with the battles between the Union and the Confederacy through the epic paintings of America’s foremost historical artist, Mort Künstler The Civil War takes readers on a chronological journey of the most important events of the conflict with action-packed illustrations by Mort Künstler?the most collected Civil War artist in the world?and inquiry-based text award winning historian and author James I. Robertson, Jr. With close readings of Künstler’s paintings, young readers can parse the details of key moments of the war, including the Battle of Bull Run, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address, to learn how it really felt to be there. A timeline and short biographies of notable figures in the war, such as generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, provide excellent supplements to each narrative chapter.

The Civil War

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Clifford Dowdey

First, volume in a trilogy of works, focusing on the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia.

The Death of a Nation

Written in Clifford Dowdey?s engaging, sweeping style, Lee and His Men at Gettysburg: The Death of a Nation details the battle from the Confederate point of view. In this first volume in a trilogy of works focusing on the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia, Dowdey details the disastrous Confederate experience at Gettysburg during those three crucial July days in 1863. Leading up to the climax of Pickett?s Charge, Dowdey?s narrative offers an examination of the reasons for the ultimate defeat of the Army of Northern Virginia. ø Dowdey offers a very clear picture of events, faulting Lee?s command subordinates for failures of reconnaissance and nerve and for disregarding orders. He assesses and probes the personalities and decisions of these chief lieutenants, including Ewell, Stuart, and Longstreet. Lee and His Men at Gettysburg depicts "Lee?s worst-fought battle" in all its agonizing drama.

Lee and His Men at Gettysburg

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At the height of the Civil War, what begins with strong words and a few broken bottles will, over the course of five days, escalate into the worst urban conflagration in American history. Hundreds of thousands of poor Irish immigrants smolder with resentment against a war and a president that have cost them so many of their young men. When word spreads throughout New York's immigrant wards that a military draft is about to be implemented -- a draft from which any rich man's son with $300 can buy an exemption -- trouble begins to spill into the streets. Down in the waterfront slum of Paradise Alley, three women -- Deirdre Dolan O'Kane, Ruth Dove, and Maddy Boyle -- struggle with their private fears as they wait for the storm to descend on them. Deirdre, whose lace-curtain sensibilities have always kept her at arm's length from her neighbors, is devastated by the discovery that her husband, Tom, has been wounded at Gettysburg. In her desperation, Deirdre must turn for aid and comfort to Ruth, a woman she has always judged as morally depraved. Ruth, too, has been cut off from her husband, Billy Dove, an ex-slave. At dawn he set out for the Colored Orphans' Asylum uptown, to collect his last wages. But he has not returned by day's end, or by the next morning. In the meantime, Ruth has learned that dozens of black men and women have been lynched or beaten by rioters. She begins to fear the worst, not just for Billy, but for herself and their children, too -- because she now knows that he is coming. He is Dangerous Johnny Dolan, Deirdre's estranged brother, who after fourteen years' exile has returned to New York. Years before, it was Johnny who saved Ruth from the famine in Ireland, who arranged for her steerage passage from Dublin to New York -- and who beat her mercilessly until she arranged to have him sent away for murder. Even as the riot builds toward its violent climax, Dolan searches relentlessly for Ruth and Deirdre, carried along by the unruly mob. In the end, these remarkable women have nothing but one another to rely on as they seek to protect their homes and families from the brutality of a city -- and a nation -- gone mad. Paradise Alley a story of race and hatred, of love and war, of risk and dauntless courage.

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