Evaluates Lincoln's ability as a director of war and his influence on the development of a modern command system.

Book by Douglas Southhall Freeman

Cover has some edge wear. Pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise very clean and unmarked. Ships fast from Northern California.

Cover has only light wear. Pages are lightly tanned, but otherwise very clean and unmarked. Ships fast from California.

The American South, it has been said, is the most European of the nation's sections in manner and outlook, distinct enough that it may be reckoned to have its own--slippery term--culture. Its literature, language, climate, economy, cuisine, and history...

Paperback Publisher: Anchor; 1st Anchor Books ed edition (April 1, 1991) Language: English ISBN-10: 0385415451 ISBN-13: 978-0385415453 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.7 inches

This work presents the story of the iron hand press in North America from its first appearance to the last days of it manufacture, accompanied by respected wood engraver John DePol's illustrations.

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Steven Buecheler has written a comparative sociological analysis of the woman suffrage movement (1840s-1920) and the contemporary women’s movement (1960s to the present). His identification of similarities and differences between these movements reveals...

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What kind of country is America? Zachary Shore tackles this polarizing question by spotlighting some of the most morally muddled matters of WWII. Should Japanese Americans be moved from the west coast to prevent sabotage? Should the German people be made...

Old Age and American Slavery explores how antebellum southerners, Black and white, adapted to, resisted, or failed to overcome changes associated with old age, both real and imagined. Slavery was a system of economic exploitation and a contested site of...

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Traces the lesser-known story of Washington's return to Mount Vernon after the Revolutionary War, chronicling the brief month spent bidding farewell to his troops, resigning his commission before Congress, and traveling home in time for Christmas;...