Editor Carol K Bleser (20 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Good paperback. Some shelfwear, a handful of pages with markings. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy, text mostly clean and always readable.

hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good paperback. Spine is uncreased, binding tight and sturdy, text also very good. Shelfwear is very minor. Ships from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Quarter Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Near Fine (in mylar). Second Printing. Textblock and binding very clean and tight. Unclipped dust jacket lightly edge and corner rubbed. 292p. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Very Good. Oxford University Press, New York, NY 1988. 342 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Size: 9.5 x 6.2 x 1.5. Biography History::U.S.A.::Pre-Civil War 0406.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Very good +. First edition. The secret diaries from 1841-1864 of wealthy plantation owner and dominating, sexually-abusive man who became South Carolina governor & US Senator. 342 pages, index, portraits. Dust jacket spine background has faded but print is bright. Top page edges have light spotting. …

hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover. Near fine / Very Good Plus Mylar-protected dust jacket. Sunning on spine. For any additional information or pictures, please inquire.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Unknown. First Edition. Very Good Very Good 25 cm. Condition very good in tan boards with dark brown cloth spine, DJ very good, gilded letter on spine, clean tight 1st edition, like new. From Publishers Weekly-In Intimate Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives, editors Carol K. Bleser (In Joy and in Sorrow) and Lesley J. Gordon (General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend) present essays on the domestic lives of six Union and six Confederate leaders, by an array of historians. Sarah Gardner looks at Mary Anna Jackson's self-appointed role as style counsel to the reluctant Stonewall; he begged her to stop sending him pants decorated with gold braiding, and shied away from her efforts to make the most of his wartime glory. John F. Marszalek examines the unharmonious relationship between General "Cump" Sherman and Ellen Boyle Sherman, beset by insurmountable, lifelong religious and lifestyle differences after the war. A limited audience of Civil War and pop culture scholars will appreciate this narrow but engaging collection.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Hardcover with two-toned black cloth- and brown paper-covered boards. Externally, inner dust jacket has light sun toning, and cloth has small spots of discoloration, but otherwise in great condition. Internally, has a good binding, no marks or notations. 342 pages. CS.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Light water damage to jacket. Jacket sunned. Bookplate. Clean, unmarked pages. "James Henry Hammond, virtually a character out of a Faulkner novel, was a poor boy, who married into wealth and then fought and struggled to make his South Carolina plantations and slaveholdings among the largest of the South. An articulate intellectual active in politics as a Congressman, U.S. Senator, and South Carolina governor, he became a leading spokesman for the Cotton Kingdom in the last years before the Civil War." - Oxford University Press From the Civil war library of Dr. Richard Sommers. Dr. Sommers was a military historian at the U.S. Army Military History Institute. Sommers authored a number of books on the Civil War, notably The Siege at Petersburg, and taught for 44 years.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. brown & black 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. tiny nick at spine top, couple of tiny dings on rear, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. high quality book club edition (indent rear cover bottom near spine). xxix+342p. glossy b&w photos & illustrations. biographical directory (with bibliography). index. memoirs. autobiography. biography. american history. american civil war. slavery. abolitionism. ~ Long encrusted in myth and legend, the planter aristocracy of the antebellum South has been depicted by a host of historians, economists, psychologists, novelists, dramatists, and moviemakers. Each has presented an interpretation of his or her own choosing. Now Carol Bleser brings us a remarkable set of diaries that allows one prominent planter and slaveholder to speak as himself and for himself. It affords a look at a vanished era unparalleled in its intimacy and candor. James Henry Hammond, virtually a character out of a Faulkner novel, was a poor boy, who married into wealth and then fought and struggled to make his South Carolina plantations and slaveholdings among the largest of the South. An articulate intellectual, active in politics as a Congressman, U.S. Senator, and South Carolina governor, he became a leading spokesman for the Cotton Kingdom in the last years before the Civil War. He dominated his family, sexually violated his young nieces ( causing a scandal that nearly wrecked his career), and fathered children by his slaves. And all the while, he kept his "secret and sacred" diaries, almost all of which survived and have been sequestered in archives until now. Spanning the critical years from 1841 to 1864, these diaries have been masterfully edited by Bleser, who preserves their historical validity so that Hammond's unvarnished voice speaks out clearly on everything from his personal travails to the turbulent politics and key personalities of his age. More importantly, she has gracefully explicated Hammond's background and smoothed the way for the general reader so that the diaries read like a novel, sweeping through the drama and ultimate disaster of the Old South. What emerges is a vivid portrait of a man whose wealth and intellect combined to make him an important Southern leader but whose deep character flaws kept him from the true greatness to which he aspired. Anyone seeking to understand the crisis facing the Union, the nature of the Old South, the institution of slavery, and the aggrandizement of the planter class will have to read these diaries, which Louis Rubin describes in his foreword as "unique among all the historical works ever published about the Old South.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. A clean, unmarked copy.

Very good minus, light edgewear. trade paper Friday, January 02, 2009 4:08:32 PM.

Hardcover. First edition. First printing [stated]. xxix, 342 p. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Biographical Directory (with Bibliography). Index. Virtually a character out of a Faulkner novel, Hammond was a poor boy who married into wealth and then fought and struggled to make his South Carolina plantations among the largest of the South. A Congressman, U.S. Senator, governor, he dominated his family, sexually violated his nieces and fathered children by slaves--all while keeping these "secret and sacred" diaries. Very good in very good dust jacket. Minor edge soiling.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. brown & black 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). xxix+342p. glossy b&w photos & illustrations. biographical directory (with bibliography). index. memoirs. autobiography. biography. american history. american civil war. slavery. abolitionism. ~ Long encrusted in myth and legend, the planter aristocracy of the antebellum South has been depicted by a host of historians, economists, psychologists, novelists, dramatists, and moviemakers. Each has presented an interpretation of his or her own choosing. Now Carol Bleser brings us a remarkable set of diaries that allows one prominent planter and slaveholder to speak as himself and for himself. It affords a look at a vanished era unparalleled in its intimacy and candor. James Henry Hammond, virtually a character out of a Faulkner novel, was a poor boy, who married into wealth and then fought and struggled to make his South Carolina plantations and slaveholdings among the largest of the South. An articulate intellectual, active in politics as a Congressman, U.S. Senator, and South Carolina governor, he became a leading spokesman for the Cotton Kingdom in the last years before the Civil War. He dominated his family, sexually violated his young nieces ( causing a scandal that nearly wrecked his career), and fathered children by his slaves. And all the while, he kept his "secret and sacred" diaries, almost all of which survived and have been sequestered in archives until now. Spanning the critical years from 1841 to 1864, these diaries have been masterfully edited by Bleser, who preserves their historical validity so that Hammond's unvarnished voice speaks out clearly on everything from his personal travails to the turbulent politics and key personalities of his age. More importantly, she has gracefully explicated Hammond's background and smoothed the way for the general reader so that the diaries read like a novel, sweeping through the drama and ultimate disaster of the Old South. What emerges is a vivid portrait of a man whose wealth and intellect combined to make him an important Southern leader but whose deep character flaws kept him from the true greatness to which he aspired. Anyone seeking to understand the crisis facing the Union, the nature of the Old South, the institution of slavery, and the aggrandizement of the planter class will have to read these diaries, which Louis Rubin describes in his foreword as "unique among all the historical works ever published about the Old South.".…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 342 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

paperback. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. reprint edition. 342 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.