Search Results: American Civil War from The Brooklyn Bookman

KENEALLY, Thomas: Abraham Lincoln: A Life. New York, Penguin, 2008. Originally published in 2003. Paperback, 183 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Biography-U.S. Presidents / Abraham Lincoln, 1809 – 1865 / U.S. History-19th Century / American Civil War, 1860-1865. Condition: Very Good Minus. Corner crease found at the lower, righ-hand corner of the front cover. Light sunning to pages, but relatively clean and unmarked. Cogent and concise biography of the legendary 16th President of the United States by the internationally-noted Australian author, novelist and playwright. ISBN: 9780143114758

LEEPSON, Marc: Desperate Engagement: How A Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C., and Changed American History. New York, Thomas Dunne Books, 2007. Softcover, 303 pp. SIGNED/INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Subject: Nonfiction / U.S. History-Civil War, 1860-1865 / Civil War Battles-Monocacy, 1864. Condition: Very Good Minus. A bit of wear to the front cover apparent, but all pages clean and not marked. "Historian Marc Leepson uses memoirs, diaries, and other primary sources in a reader-friendly and engaging retelling of the events surrounding what became known as 'the Battle that saved Washington,' its impact on the last nine months of the Civil War, and on the course of American history." ISBN: 9780312382230

NEELY, Jr., Mark E.: The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties. New York & Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1991. Softcover, 278 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / History-American-19th Century / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and Legislation, 1861-1865 / Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865. Condition: Very Good. A couple of the corners lightly bumped with clean and unmarked pages. An above-average copy overall. A critical historical analysis of Lincoln's policies concening the suspension of civil liberties during the American Civil War. ISBN: 0195080327

MELMAN, Peter Charles: Landsman – A Novel. New York, Counterpoint Press, 2007. FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Hardcover with dust jacket, 323 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) / Jews and the Confederacy. Book and jacket condition: Very Good. Some evidence of light edgewear to extremities of jacket and book copy (particularly at the bottom of the spine). Otherwise a copy in more than decent and near-fine condition. SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON THE TITLE PAGE. Riveting debut novel of the Civil War "is the page-turning story of Elias Abrams – orphaned bastard of an indentured Jewish immigrant – who flees his sordid New Orleans gangland home to enlist in the Third Louisiana Infantry, leaving behind a murder that threatens to unravel his world..." ISBN: 9781582433677

DAILEY, Janet: Legacies. Boston & New York, Little, Brown and Company, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover, 394 pp. Subject: Novel / Historical Fiction / American Civil War (1861 – 1865). Book and jacket condition: Very Good Plus. A bit of wear at the lower extremity of dust wrapper and at its top center. Former owner's inscription found on the front endpaper. Otherwise, book copy is in excellent condition with all pages well intact. A sweeping love story – set against- the grand stage of the War Between the States. A must for all fans of Civil War fiction. ISBN: 0316172057

CRANE, Stephen: The Red Badge of Courage. New York, Bantam, 1983. Originally published in 1895. Paperback, 138 pp. Subject: Novel / Fiction & Literature / Historical Fiction-American Civil War 1860-65. Condition: Good Plus. Evident wear/creasing to the cover (but none too extensive). Otherwise a copy in fairly-decent condition with all pages unmarked. The classic literary statement on on the nature of war in general and of the Civil War in particular. With an introduction by Alfred Kazin. ISBN: 0553210114