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The Civil War, a narrative / by Shelby Foote.
Volume 1 of Shelby Foote's classic narrative of the Civil War opens with Jefferson Davis’s farewell to the United Senate and ends on the bloody battlefields of Antietam and Perryville, as the full, horrible scope of America’s great war becomes clear. Exhaustively researched and masterfully written, Foote’s epic account of the Civil War unfolds like a classic novel. Volume 2 continues one of the most remarkable works of history ever fashioned. Focusing on the pivotal year of 1863, the second volume in Shelby Foote's masterful narrative history brings to life some of the most dramatic and important moments in the Civil War,including the Battle of Gettysburg and Grant's Vicksburg Campaign. Volume 3 of Shelby Foote’s masterful narrative history of the Civil War brings to life the military endgame, the surrender at Appomattox, and the tragic dénouement of the war—the assassination of President Lincoln. Features maps throughout.
Record details
- ISBN: 0394746236 (pbk. : v. 1) :
- ISBN: 0394749138 :
- Physical Description: 3 v. : maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 1986, c1958-c1974.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | VOLUME 1: I: Prologue - The Opponents -- First Blood; New Conceptions -- The Thing Gets Under Way / II: War Means Fighting... -- Fighting Means Killing / III: The Sun Shines South -- Two Advances; Two Retreats --Last, Best Hope of Earth / List of Maps, Bibliographical, Notes, and Index ;VOLUME 2: I: The Longest Journey -- Unhappy New Year -- Death of a Soldier /II: The Beleaguered City -- Stars in their Courses -- Unvexed to the Sea / III:Riot and Resurgence -- The Center Gives -- Spring Came on Forever / List of Maps, Bibliographical Notes, and Index. VOLUME 3: I:Another Grand Design -- The Forty Days -- Red Clay Minuet / II: War Is Cruelty... -- You Cannot Refine It / III: A Tightening Noose -- Victory, and Defeat -- Lucifer in Starlight / List of Maps, Bibliographical Note, and Index. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | E 468 .F7 1986 V.1 | 30517607 | General Collection | Available | - |
| Kirtland Community College Library | E 468 .F7 1986 V.2 | 30517605 | General Collection | Available | - |
| Kirtland Community College Library | E 468 .F7 1986 V.3 | 30517606 | General Collection | Available | - |