Name: The Civil war in 50 Objects
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Author: Holzer, Harold ; New-York Historical Society ; Foner, Eric
ISBN: 9780143128144

Type

Physical Book

Author

Harold Holzer

The New-York Historical Society

Introduction by

Eric Foner

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2015

Language

English

Pages

416

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

22.1 x 14.5 x 3.3 cm

Weight

0.68 kg.

ISBN13

9780143128144

Synopsis "The Civil war in 50 Objects "

The American companion to A History of the World in 100 Objects, a fresh, visual perspective on the Civil War From a soldier's diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown's pike, the Emancipation Proclamation, and the leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier, here is a unique and surprisingly intimate look at the Civil War. Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer sheds new light on the war by examining fifty objects from the New-York Historical Society's acclaimed collection. A daguerreotype of an elderly, dignified ex-slave; a soldier's footlocker still packed with its contents; Grant's handwritten terms of surrender at Appomattox--the stories these objects tell are rich, poignant, sometimes painful, and always fascinating. They illuminate the conflict from all perspectives--Union and Confederate, military and civilian, black and white, male and female--and give readers a deeply human sense of the war.

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