History - American from Blue & Grey Book Shoppe

From front DJ flap: "In the summer of 1863 after the climactic battle at Vicksburg, Lincoln's government was more interested in Ulysses Simpson Grant than any other man alive." This book gives a "detailed and revealing portrait of Grant during the last year and a half of the war. Book - Good+ condition. Navy cloth over boards with gold gilt image on… Read more about this item

From the back cover: "Early in the afternoon of May 22, 1856, ardent pro-slavery Congressman Preston S. Brooks of South Carolina strode into the United States Senate Chamber in Washington, D.C., and began beating renowned anti-slavery Senator Charles Sumner with a cane until it splintered and the helpless Massachusetts senator lay unconscious and covered in blood. It was a retaliatory… Read more about this item

From back cover: "A Profound and timely examination of the moral underpinnings of the war between the states." "The Civil War was not only a war of armies but also a war of ideas, in which Union and Confederacy alike each identified itself as a moral nation with God on its side." This book measures the gap between those claims and draws… Read more about this item

From back cover: "In this unique series the Civil War comes vividly to life. Here are eyewitness accounts...by generals, journalists, and ordinary foot soldiers, both blue and gray." "Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain of the Fifth Corps records the dramatic final acts of the Civil War: Sheridan's rise, Warren's fall, and the slow inexorable stalking of Lee's forces across the battle-scarred countryside. ...Chamberlain… Read more about this item

Quote on back cover: "There is a magnificent unity to this story of Grant's leadership in both war and peace that is not found anywhere else. In this compelling narrative, Grant emerges more fascinating than ever before." - Doris Kearns Goodwin, authorof Team of Rivals and No Ordinary Time, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for history Black and white photo section… Read more about this item

From piece pasted on end paper (I believe it to be part of the original dust jacket): "...So incisive and vigorous is this record of heroism, gallantry, strife, and consusion, of colossal blunders and terrible tragedies, that one loses sight of the fact that he is reading history, and finds himself reliving battles, deciding policies, and what, and watching events… Read more about this item

From book: "My earliest serious photographs of the Southwest were made around 1928 and my most recent in 1975. ... My Southwest experience has been more or less continuous; the images are arranged for flow of meaning rather than of location and time." Book - Very Good- condition. Covers have some rubbing and bumping. The bottom corner shows some wear and… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Hawai'i's long and colorful history lives again through this collection of images that illuminate the past and, perhaps, define the present. The voyage of time has brought the Islands from a profound isolation to their position today as the Pacific crossroads, where sojourners and settlers from many lands meet and interact. It is the lessons of history,… Read more about this item

From the back cover: "Apomattox County [Virginia], formed in 1845 and named after the nearby river, was originally best know for growing tobacco. However, that dramatically changed in 1865 when Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the McLean House." This book covers the history of churches, notable citizens, and special events. The photograph collections shows the… Read more about this item

From fron DJ flap: "The place and period described by Jay Monaghan in this book saw one of the bitterest conflicts in American history. In the territory created by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 hot-blooded abolitionists and slave-holders proved North and South irreconcilable, and their furious struggle deeply influenced national politics and hastened the advent of the Civil War." Book -… Read more about this item

Quote from back cover: "Landford's narrative captures the drama and complexity of this volatile period [and] reminds readers that, at many crucial pints, events could have taken a different path. Anyone interested in the background of our greatest national crisis will find Cry Havoc! hugely rewarding." - Gary W. Gallagher, author Book - Good condition. Light edge soiling and I noted… Read more about this item

From back cover: "Almost anyone growing up in rural America will be able to identify with the characters described in this book." Quote from back cover: "The Lutefisk Ghetto hits this reader zero to the bone because its author carefully dissects the folkways and mores of a little town." - Dave Wood, Solumnist, Minneapolis Tribune Book - Very Good+ condition. Very minimal… Read more about this item

From Preface: "This text addresses class actions and other devices for litigating multi-party cases. It is intended for students taking courses in civil procedure, complex litigation, class actions, and mass torts. It is also designed for use by practicing lawyers who are involved in litigating multi-party cases." "It addresses numerous significant developments since 1999, including substantial revisions to Federal Rule… Read more about this item

From legal page: "Dick Sternberg blends his years of angling experience and scientific training into a text loaded with important facts about fish and helpful tips for the modern angler. A professional fisheries biologist for 16 years, Dick has fished from the mountain streams of Alaska to the Everglades of Florida." Book - Good condition. Printed paper over boards with blue… Read more about this item

From A Foreword: "...this chronicle of four days in November, 1963, is written, not to revive shock and tears, but to remember." This is about the death of President John F. Kennedy. Book - Good- condition. Maroon coated cloth over boards with faded gold gilt on front and spine. Front and back have much bumping and stain. There is edge and corner… Read more about this item

From front DJ flap: "The diversity of Native American cultures goes far beyond the popular image of the 'Indian.' The bison, hunters and horseback warriors of the Great Plains, with their wind-blown feather headdresses, make up only a small part of the ...cultures which developed between the icy Arctic and the mountains of northern Mexico." Book - Very Good condition. Tan… Read more about this item

From front DJ flap: "Lyrical, provocative and sometimes angry, stories touching on the joys, griefs and vexations that are part of the shared experience of us all..." Book - Fine condition. Green cloth over boards w gold gilt tree impressed on bottom of front cover and gold gilt on spine. Signed by author and numbered (#651). Clean and tight. Dust Jacket -… Read more about this item

From front DJ flap: "...Four tattered scrapbooks found in a Connecticut bank vault in 1994 yielded a treasure trove of more than five hundred watercolors that vividly depict America's great national drama. These scrapbooks - plus a five-thousand-page illustrated memoir...are the life's achievement of a long-forgotten Union private and mapmaker named Robert Knox Sneden." Book - Fine condition. Maroon paper over… Read more about this item

From the Preface: "...I ran across the name of a man from my home state who had served in South Africa in the Boer War: John Fillmore Blake of Bolivar, Missouri. Although a native-born American, West Point graduate, and U.S. Army veteran, he is remembered from the Boer War as a commander in the famed Irish Brigade of the Boer Army.… Read more about this item

From the Publisher's Preface: "This is a book of discovery - an exploration of Kansas in photographs and words. The photographs are by Wes Lyle, and they are matched with quotations researched by James Fisher. The maps provide an accurate sense of place for each photograph." Book - Good condition. Gray cloth over boards with silver gilt on spine. Some soiling/stain… Read more about this item