American Heritage History of the Battle of Gettysburg - Softcover

Craig L. Symonds

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060549335 ISBN 13: 9780060549336

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2001

Synopsis

Filled with photographs, drawings, maps, firsthand accounts, and essays, a lavishly illustrated and thorough history of one of the most lethal battles in all of American history provides a gripping narrative that captures the personalities, struggles, and decisions on both sides of the battlefield. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

Craig L. Symonds is the author of a half dozen books on the Civil War, including Joseph E. Johnston: A Civil War Biography and Gettysburg: A Battlefield Atlas. He is Professor of History at the United States Naval Academy. Mr. Symonds lives in Annapolis, Maryland.

From Library Journal:

With these two books, American Heritage continues its tradition of captivating historical storytelling through readable narratives and hundreds of illustrations of contemporary paintings, photographs, and maps many in color. The New History of the Civil War is a reissue of the second edition, published by Viking in 1996, which updated the highly acclaimed classic The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War (1960). Edited by McPherson (George Henry Davis Professor of American History, Princeton), it retains the style of the late Catton, known for award-winning histories that engage readers in understanding why Northerners and Southerners became passionately embroiled in America's deadliest war. What Catton did for the war generally, Symonds (history, U.S. Naval Academy) does for the Battle of Gettysburg, a monumental clash that marked the turning point of the war. Symonds focuses his narrative on the drama of battle, which lasted for three long days. Civil War aficionados and the curious will enjoy both books. Recommended for public and high school libraries, though libraries facing tight book budgets should stick with the New History of the Civil War for its panoramic coverage of the Civil War. Charles L. Lumpkins, Pennsylvania State Univ., State Coll.
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0060549335
• ISBN 13: 9780060549336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320