A Year in the South, 1865 - The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most

Informationen zum Autor Stephen V. Ash is Professor of History at the University of Tennessee. He is the author of several books on the Civil War, including When the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South . He lives with his wife in Knoxville, Tennessee. Klappentext A slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling poverty and despair, a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. They lived in the South during 1865 -- a year that saw war, disunion, and slavery give way to peace, reconstruction, and emancipation. Between January and December 1865, these four people witnessed, from very different vantage points, the death of the Old South and the birth of the New South. Civil War historian Stephen V. Ash reconstructs their daily lives, their fears and hopes, and their frustrations and triumphs in vivid detail -- telling a dramatic story of real people in a time of great upheaval and offering a fresh perspective on a pivotal moment in history. Zusammenfassung A slave determined to gain freedom! a widow battling poverty and despair! a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles! and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. They lived in the South during 1865 -- a year that saw war! disunion! and slavery give way to peace! reconstruction! and emancipation. Between January and December 1865! these four people witnessed! from very different vantage points! the death of the Old South and the birth of the New South. Civil War historian Stephen V. Ash reconstructs their daily lives! their fears and hopes! and their frustrations and triumphs in vivid detail -- telling a dramatic story of real people in a time of great upheaval and offering a fresh perspective on a pivotal moment in history.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Stephen V. Ash
• Edition: Harper Collins Usa
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.05.2004
• EAN: 9780060582487
• ISBN: 978-0-06-058248-7
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire; Sociology, military history, Memoirs, Social and cultural history, General and world history, Society and culture: general, True war and combat stories, Biography: historical, political and military, Slavery and abolition of slavery, US South, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: CIVIL WAR, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY: United States / General, HISTORY: United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY: United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), History / American, History / Civil War