Look Away!

A History of the Confederate States of America

AvWilliam C. Davis

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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William C. Davis, "one of the best and most prolific historians of the American Civil War" (James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom), offers a definitive portrait of the Confederacy unlike any other. Drawing on decades of writing and research among an unprecedented number of archives, ranging from the 800-odd newspapers in operation during the war to the personal writings of more than 100 leaders and common citizens, Davis reveals the Confederacy through the words of the Confederates themselves. Look Away! recounts all the epic sagas -- as well as those little-known and long-forgotten -- about a desperate government that socialized the salt industry, rangers and marauders who preyed on their fellow Confederates, and the systematic breakdown of law and order in some states. A dramatic, definitive account of one of our nation's most searing episodes, Look Away! shows us a South divided against itself, unable to stand.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-04-15
Mått:140 x 216 x 33 mm
Vikt:533 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:No Series
Antal sidor:496
Förlag:Simon & Schuster
ISBN:9780743234993

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William C. Davis is a prolific historian, retired history professor from Virginia Tech, and was for more than twenty years a magazine and book publishing executive. He is the author or editor of more than forty books, including Three Roads to the Alamo and Look Away! A History of the Confederate States of America.

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Jeffrey D. Wert author of Gettysburg: Day Three A brilliant, perceptive, and masterful study of the Confederacy. Look Away! engrosses and it enlightens. It is a splendid book.

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ContentsPrefaceThe ForetellingDixie's LandGuiding the WhirlwindShadowy Words, Shadowy MeaningsVisions of Breakers AheadThe Struggle for a Confederate DemocracyThe Opening GunsMen but Not BrothersLaw and DisorderThe Season of Lee"Proving Our Loyalty by Starvation""We Are Done Gone Up the Spout"The Year of DecisionThe Enemy WithinCotton Communism, Whiskey Welfare, and Salt SocialismThe Struggle to Hold OnThe States in Their SovereigntyThe Power and the Ignominy in Richmond"Growlers & Traitors"An End to ValorThe End?Abbreviations Used in the Source CitationsNotesBibliographyIndex