1st Edition/1st Printing. SIGNED by author on a bookplate on front end page (signature only). DJ has light waer at top of spine. $35.00 price present on DJ flap. (Bonus: comes with a free 1st Edition hardcover copy of McPherson's "Hallowed Ground"). Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall.

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Title

The Most Fearful Ordeal: Original Coverage of the Civil War by Writers and Reporters of The New York Times

Publisher

St. Martin's Press, New York

Publication Date

2004

Language

English

ISBN 10

0312331231

ISBN 13

9780312331238

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine Minus

Signed

Signed by Author

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Pulitzer Authors

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Synopsis

Collects The New York Times articles that documented the Civil War as it was transmitted by the era's recently developed telegraph, in a volume that includes coverage of key events and issues and is complemented by period photography and maps. 35,000 first printing.

About the Author

James M. McPherson is a professor of history at Princeton University. He is the author of Battle Cry of Freedom, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfction, as well as other works on the Civil War, including Ordeal by Fire, Marching Toward Freedom, and most recently, Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam.

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I am not a professional bookseller. I am disposing my personal library of signed first editions and autographs, collected as a hobby over the past 58 years.

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Daniel Montemarano
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