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Don't Know Much About® the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About Series, 18) - Softcover

Buch 8 von 11: Don't Know Much About

Davis, Kenneth C.

 
9780380719082: Don't Know Much About® the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About Series, 18)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0380719088 ISBN 13: 9780380719082
Verlag: Harper Paperbacks, 1997

Inhaltsangabe

“Highly informative and entertaining…propels the reader light years beyond dull textbooks and Gone with the Wind.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

It has been 150 years since the opening salvo of America’s War Between the States. New York Times bestselling author Ken Davis tells us everything we never knew about our nation’s bloodiest conflict in Don’t Know Much About ® the Civil War—another fascinating and fun installment in his acclaimed series.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kenneth C. Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of A Nation Rising; America's Hidden History; and Don't Know Much About® History, which spent thirty-five consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold more than 1.7 million copies, and gave rise to his phenomenal Don't Know Much About® series for adults and children. A resident of New York City and Dorset, Vermont, Davis frequently appears on national television and radio and has been a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. He blogs regularly at www.dontknowmuch.com.

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Why did Abraham Lincoln sneak into Washington for his inauguration? Was the Gettysburg Address written on the back of an envelope?Where did the Underground Railroad run?

Can you answer these questions? If not, you're not alone! New York Times-bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue, deftly sorting out the players, the politics, the key events -- Emancipation and Reconstruction, Shiloh and Gettysburg, Generals Grant and Lee, Harriet Beecher Stowe -- and providing little-known facts that will enthrall even learned Civil War buffs. Vivid, informative, and hugely entertaining, Don't Know Much About® the Civil War is the only book you'll ever need on "the war that never ended."

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Verlag
Harper Paperbacks
Erscheinungsdatum
1997
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0380719088
ISBN 13 
9780380719082
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
544
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