MCPHERSON, James M.
The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
New York: Oxford University Press , 2003.
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"We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave, Shouting the battle cry of freedom!": Signed Limited Edition of McPherson's classic Battle Cry of Freedom
Signed limited first illustrated edition of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Quarto, original leather, gilt titles to the spine and front panel, all edges gilt, illustrated throughout. Signed by James McPherson on the title page. In fine condition in the original slipcase.
The book's title "Battle Cry of Freedom" refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict. The South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war, slavery, and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. The standard one-volume history of the Civil War. Listed on Modern Library's 100 greatest nonfiction books of the twentieth century.
The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
$850.00
In Stock
