The Civil War Battlefield Guide

Informationen zum Autor Frances H. Kennedy is the editor and principal contributor of the best-selling book The Civil War Battlefield Guide. Her work in land conservation over thirty years has focused on protecting lands that are significant in American history. Royalties from American Indian Places will be donated to the National Museum of the American Indian. W. Richard West, Jr., the museum’s founding director, served as the primary adviser for the book. Zusammenfassung This new edition of the definitive guide to Civil War battlefields is really a completely new book. While the first edition covered 60 major battlefields, from Fort Sumter to Appomattox, the second covers all of the 384 designated as the "principal battlefields" in the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report. As in the first edition, the essays are authoritative and concise, written by such leading historians as James M. McPherson, Stephen W. Sears, Edwin C. Bearss, James I. Robinson, Jr., and Gary W. Gallager. The second edition also features 83 new four-color maps covering the most important battles. The Civil War Battlefield Guide is an essential reference for anyone interested in the Civil War.

Product details

• Authors: Conservation Fund, Va.)/ Kennedy Conservation Fund (Arlington, Frances H. Kennedy
• Assisted by: Frances H. Kennedy (Editor)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.11.1998
• EAN: 9780395740125
• ISBN: 978-0-395-74012-5
• No. of pages: 495
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), REFERENCE: Personal & Practical Guides, HISTORY: Reference