Confederate general adams daniel (3 Ergebnisse)

Cloth. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Apparent First Edition. 209 pp.; HB. Pages: clean, bright, tight, decorative eps; no defects. Cover: gray boards, black spine, silver artwork front, silver titles front/spine; minimal shelfwear, top corners lightly bumped. 71 confederate generals profiled (Adams through Cobb).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No dust jacket present. Presumed First Edition, First Printing. Volume 1 ONLY of the 6-vol. set. xi, 2- 209, [5] pages. Illustrated endpapers. References. Illustrated with black and white photographs (several of which are previously unpublished) of the generals. William Charles "Jack" Davis is one of the most prolific and recognized historians of the American Civil War. He has written or edited more than 40 books specializing in the American Civil War and early Southern U.S. history. Davis served as the on-camera senior consultant and commentator for 52 episodes of the A&E/History Channel series Civil War Journal. He has been a historical consultant for major film and television productions. He spent 20 years in editorial management within the magazine and book publishing industry. He was the longtime editor and publisher of the acclaimed magazine Civil War Times Illustrated. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Sonoma State University. He retired as a Professor of History and the Executive Director of the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech. He is the only three-time winner of the Jefferson Davis Prize for Confederate history. Julie Hoffman served as an editor and production coordinator for the National Historical Society during the late 1980s and 1990s. Hoffman managed the massive logistical, editorial, and organizational tasks required to compile a multi-volume biographical dictionary. She was part of the editorial staff at Historical Times, Inc. and Cowles Magazines, which frequently partnered with prominent historians to publish high-volume reference sets, anthologies, and photographic histories of the Civil War. The Confederate General, Vol. 1: Adams, Daniel W. to Cobb, Howell is the first book in a comprehensive 6-volume historical series edited by William C. Davis and Julie Hoffman. Published by the National Historical Society in 1991, this biographical dictionary profiles the lives and military careers of Confederate generals during the Civil War. The six-volume reference set serves as a highly detailed biographical dictionary. Key details regarding Volume 1 include: Subject Coverage: Profiles 74 generals whose surnames fall alphabetically from Daniel Weisiger Adams to Howell Cobb. Content Features: Each entry includes an essay on the general's background, civilian life, Civil War career, and post-war activities, often accompanied by a photograph or portrait. Availability: Copies of the first volume are sporadically available from online book retailers such as Amazon or AbeBooks as out-of-print collectibles. Research Libraries: You can often find the full volume available for reading online or through interlibrary loan via the Internet Archive.…

1st edn. 2 vols. 4to. Original gilt lettered black/grey cloth (Fine), no dustwrappers. Pp. xi + 209 [&] 203, illus with b&w photos (no inscriptions).