Isbn: 9780692682449 - the Yankees' Secret Weapon: Even Lincoln Didn't Know (9 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover in very good condition. Pictorial covers are clean and glossy. Binding is tight and square. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY LOWRY on the title page below his printed name, dated April of 2006. Pages are bright and crisp with no marks, stains, or tears. No date on title page. Copyright dated 2016. A very nice copy. Please email with questions or to request photos. Note: If there is a photo beside this listing, it's a STOCK photo that ABE put there (for reasons that we cannot understand or control) and might not match this actual book. Signed by Author(s).…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Civil War soldiers faced many threats: bullets, cannon balls, bayonets, scurvy, dysentery, malaria, mumps, and measles. Yet, Robert E. Lee's immortal Army of Northern Virginia lost 70,000 men to an invisible threat, one not understood until forty years after the guns fell silent. That menace was hookworm, which bled the Deep South dry, not just during the war but for generations before and after. Now for the first time, a book-length exploration of this menace clearly shows its effects not just in the American South but throughout the world. Full justice is done to the Hookworm Heroes who raised half the country from being enfeebled 'poor white trash,' to the productive and healthy men and women of the South today. A biologist's view of Pickett's Charge casts a whole new light on both commanders and the men who faced the Union guns, opening a window of knowledge to both Civil War buffs and general readers. Twenty-four photographs. Fully indexed.…

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Paperback / softback. Condition: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.