Our Country, in Its Relations to the Past, Present and Future (Classic Reprint): A National Book, Consisting of Original Articles in Prose and Verse; ... by American Writers (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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This book is a National Book, which was conceived by women in Maryland during the Civil War and contains essays contributed by various American writers including notable historical figures. It was sold at fairs to raise money and support the wellbeing of soldiers. Including works by writers such as Walt Whitman and Harriet Beecher Stowe, this book urges the preservation of the Union in writings that explore its importance with respect to virtue and patriotism. Despite the trials of the Civil War, its authors hoped that this book would help usher in a period of peace and prosperity in which the good feeling between the different regions of the US would be restored.

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