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TRIED BY WAR; Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
by McPherson, James M
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1594201919
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201912
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: The Penguin Press, 2008. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Very Fine/Fine. B&W Photos, Matthew Brady. SIGNED by the Author on a publisher's tipped-in front endpaper, tall 8vo, black quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over brown boards with author's name printed on front cover in gilt, illustrated with double-spread B&W map of "Principal Military Campaigns of the Civil War" and 16 pp. of B&W glossy photos, archival mylar-protected photographic dust jacket (unclipped) depicting Lincoln meeting recalcitrant Gen. McClellan and his staff officers, Index, cover photo expanded for photographic endpapers, xv, [xvi-xviii] + 329 pages. James M. "Jim" McPherson (born 1936) is an American Civil War historian, and is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor Emeritus of United States History at Princeton University. He received the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. <br /> <br /> EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION internally & externally! Tight, bright, clean in comparable unclipped dust jacket. Gold foil "Signed Copy" sticker on dj. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Synopsis
The Pulitzer Prize?winning author reveals how Lincoln won the Civil War and invented the role of commander in chief as we know it As we celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln?s birth, this study by preeminent, bestselling Civil War historian James M. McPherson provides a rare, fresh take on one of the most enigmatic figures in American history. Tried by War offers a revelatory (and timely) portrait of leadership during the greatest crisis our nation has ever endured. Suspenseful and inspiring, this is the story of how Lincoln, with almost no previous military experience before entering the White House, assumed the powers associated with the role of commander in chief, and through his strategic insight and will to fight changed the course of the war and saved the Union.
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- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8948
- Title
- TRIED BY WAR; Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief
- Author
- McPherson, James M
- Illustrator
- B&W Photos, Matthew Brady
- Format/Binding
- Cloth and boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1594201919
- ISBN 13
- 9781594201912
- Publisher
- The Penguin Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- War, Civil War, generals, Union, Ulysses S. Grant, McClellan, Manassas, Gettysburg, Richmond, WAshington, D.C., Army, Navy, Confederacy, Davis, illustrated, photos,
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Borg Antiquarian
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Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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