MCPHERSON, James M. [Ken Burns].
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
"We are all Americans Now": James McPherson's Battle Cry of Freedom; Lengthily Inscribed by Him and Ken Burns
New York: Oxford University Press, 1988.
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First edition, early printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the half-title page, "To John Balco at the 125th anniversary Gettysburg reenactment James McPherson June 26, 1988." Additionally inscribed by legendary film maker Ken Burns on the front free endpaper. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Honi Werner.
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 great nonfiction books of the twentieth century.
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.
$1,800.00
In Stock