Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania:: Stackpole Books, 2002. A bright, shiny copy. The Dust Jacket is NOT price clipped (26.95) and is protected by a removable Brodart sleeve. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are clean and crisp. Sharp corners. "First Edition" is so stated, with complete number row (10 987654321) on the copyright page. Illustrations, including period photographs and document facsimiles. List of sources. Bibliography. Index. From the Dust Jacket: "The Civil War prison camp at Elmira, New York, opened July 6, 1864, and closed on July 11, 1865. During its single yesr of existence, 12, 123 Confederate prisoners of war passed through its gates. Hauntingly, nearly 3,000 of them died during their incarceration. Elmira's death rate was the highest of any prison camp in the North -- almost 25 percent. Comparatively, the overall death rate of all prison camps in the North was just over 11 percent; in the South, it was just over 15 percent. Clearly, something went wrong in Elmira. The culmination of ten years of research, this book follows the gross oversights and unconscionable inactivity of the Union prison's staff... [and places] the prison in the context of the greater Elmira community." Bound in the original gray boards and maroon spine, lettered in silver. . First Printing of the First Edition.. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. x, 246pp. .

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004346
Title: Elmira : Death Camp of the North
Author: Horigan, Michael
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine condition
Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket.
Edition: First Printing of the First Edition.
ISBN 10: 0811714322
ISBN 13: 9780811714327
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Place of Publication: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania:
Date Published: 2002
Keywords: Civil War prison camp. New York history.
Bookseller catalogs: Civil War;
Size: 8vo. x, 246pp.

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