The Most Fearful Ordeal; Original Coverage of the Civil War by Writers and Reporters of The New York Times (SIGNED)

MCPHERSON, JAMES M. (INTRODUCTION AND NOTES)

ISBN 10: 0312331231 / ISBN 13: 9780312331238

Published by St Martin's Press, New York, 2004

About this Item

New York: St Martin's Press. VG/VG. 2004. First Edition. Hard Cover w/DJ. SIGNED by James McPherson . Sm 4to., 420, 1/8 slit to top of dust jacket at spine, otherwise very good condition. .

Seller Inventory # BOOKS316022

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Most Fearful Ordeal; Original Coverage of the Civil War by Writers and Reporters of The New York Times (SIGNED)
• Publisher: St Martin's Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312331231
• ISBN 13: 9780312331238
• Binding: Hard Cover w/DJ
• Illustrator: Black & White Photographs
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: VG/VG
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • History-Civil War

About this title

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.