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Touched with Fire
Civil War Letters and Diary of Olivier Wendell Holmes

English · Hardback

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Holmes's wartime letters and diary entries have attracted students of war as well as biographers of Holmes as rare glimpses into the mind and heart of a soldier who withstood the great slaughter.


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Mark DeWolfe Howe was an American editor, author and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1925 for his piece Barrett Wendell and His Letters. He was secretary to Mr. Justice Holmes from 1933 - 1943. He was Holmes's biographer and had access to the entirety of his correspondence and personal papers. He was additionally the associate editor of Youth's Companion from 1888 - 1893 and was the assistant editor of Atlantic Monthly from 1893 - 1985. His has seventeen publications including Shadows, American Bookmen, and Classic Shades. He also edited several books including The Memory of Lincoln and The Beacon Biographies.


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Holmes's wartime letters and diary entries have attracted students of war as well as biographers of Holmes as rare glimpses into the mind and heart of a soldier who withstood the great slaughter.

Product details

Authors Mark de Wolfe Howe, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mark de Wolfe Howe
Publisher Fordham University Press
 
Content Book
Product form Hardback
Publication date 01.01.2000
Subject Humanities, art, music > History
Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous
 
EAN 9780823220168
ISBN 978-0-8232-2016-8
Pages 158
Dimensions (packing) 14.5 x 20.9 x 1.8 cm
Weight (packing) 358 g
 
Series The North's Civil War
North's Civil War (Hardcover) > 12
North's Civil War S.
The North's Civil War
North's Civil War (Hardcover) > 12
Subjects BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
Biography / Autobiography
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
 

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