Shiloh : Bloody April
by Sword, Wiley
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Ohio: Morningside Bookshop, 1983. Very Good+ in a Very Good dustjacket. Bound in full gray cloth. The spine is stamped in gilt. Large octavo. [xx] + 519pps. With numerous maps and illustrations. There is a slight lean to the spine and a small sticker is affixed to the upper corner of the ffep. along with a penned date. Otherwise clean, tight, and bright. The text is immaculate; no apparent reading wear. The dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has light touches of rubbing and tearing at the extremities. A very nice copy of the expanded version (the original being published in 1974).
"...Though the battle was crucial to the outcome of the American Civil War, the full story of Shiloh has never until now been told. Commonly considered a draw, Shiloh represented in fact a major reversal for the Confederacy -- a Confederacy that mounted at the outset one of the most incredible surprise attacks in American history and came within a hair's breadth of inflicting a major disaster upon the North. Yet circumstances common to war -- confusions, misjudgments, human frailties -- resulted in eventual defeat. Depending entirely upon original sources, Mr. Sword views this bitter conflict from both sides in a blow-by-blow, shot-by-shot account that is as dramatic as it is comprehensive and authoritative.
Shiloh was a battle that took critical measure of two of America's most famous soldiers, Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman. Furthermore, Shiloh saw the death (perhaps at the hands of his own men) of one of the highest-ranking American generals ever to die on the battlefield, Albert Sidney Johnston, C.S.A., and cost the lives of nearly 4,000 other Americans..."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . ISBN: 089029-070x. Cloth. WILEY SWORD SHILOH BLOODY APRIL AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY NINETEENTH CENTURY CIVIL WAR BATTLES NONFICTION PITTSBURG LANDING TENNESSEE HISTORICAL ULLYSES S GRANT WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON. Catalogs: NonFiction, Civil War, Between The States, American History.
"...Though the battle was crucial to the outcome of the American Civil War, the full story of Shiloh has never until now been told. Commonly considered a draw, Shiloh represented in fact a major reversal for the Confederacy -- a Confederacy that mounted at the outset one of the most incredible surprise attacks in American history and came within a hair's breadth of inflicting a major disaster upon the North. Yet circumstances common to war -- confusions, misjudgments, human frailties -- resulted in eventual defeat. Depending entirely upon original sources, Mr. Sword views this bitter conflict from both sides in a blow-by-blow, shot-by-shot account that is as dramatic as it is comprehensive and authoritative.
Shiloh was a battle that took critical measure of two of America's most famous soldiers, Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman. Furthermore, Shiloh saw the death (perhaps at the hands of his own men) of one of the highest-ranking American generals ever to die on the battlefield, Albert Sidney Johnston, C.S.A., and cost the lives of nearly 4,000 other Americans..."
Purchase with confidence: all books, gradings, and descriptions are rendered the care of a genuine bibliophile. Satisfaction guaranteed or all costs you've incurred will be promptly refunded. Thanks for your interest in Nooks Of Books. . ISBN: 089029-070x. Cloth. WILEY SWORD SHILOH BLOODY APRIL AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY NINETEENTH CENTURY CIVIL WAR BATTLES NONFICTION PITTSBURG LANDING TENNESSEE HISTORICAL ULLYSES S GRANT WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON. Catalogs: NonFiction, Civil War, Between The States, American History.
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- Title
- Shiloh : Bloody April
- Author
- Sword, Wiley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0890290709
- ISBN 13
- 9780890290705
- Publisher
- Morningside Bookshop
- Place of Publication
- Ohio
- Date Published
- 1983
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nonfiction; AMERICAN HISTORY; Civil War, Between The States;
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