Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies: The Civil War [FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING]

Fisher, David

Verlag: Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2017

Near fine unread condition silver gray boards with dark red spine lettering contained in a fine condition non price-clipped color illustrated and photographic dust jacket. Includes Introduction by Bill O'Reilly; Timeline; Acknowledgments; Sources; Index; and Credits. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, color drawings, black-and-white drawings, and map illustrated front and rear endpapers. Slight darkening to the lower right front board edge (see photographs; the volume is otherwise in as new unread condition (see photographs). "The Civil War was perhaps the most important conflict in our nation's history, because we would not have a country as we know it today if the South had prevailed. And the Confederate forces almost did win -- let by the brilliant commander Robert E. Lee. In this book you will get to know Lee and his Union counterpart, Ulysses S. Grant. Very different men fighting for causes that, at times, weighted on them with extraordinary ferocity. The brutal intensity of the fighting is staggering. Most of the combatants were boys or men just out of their teens. If wounded, they could expect little help. If captured -- well, the ordeal was hellish. The South, in particular, could barely feed its own army, much less Northern prisoners. But amid all the chaos, heroes emerged. On both sides. We will tell you about them. The villains, too." - from the Introduction by Bill O'Reilly. "The newest installment in the #1 bestselling companion series to Fox's historical docudrama Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies, a pulse-quickening account of the Civil War. The Civil War was America's bloodiest and perhaps most storied war. John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry, the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, Sherman's march to the sea, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre -- these events have become part of American lore. Now Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War re-creates, in vivid detail, this crucial period in U.S. history when our young nation was almost destroyed. From the machinations behind major battles such as Antietam, the First and Second Battles of Bull Run, and Shiloh to the individual acts of courage and cowardice that altered the course of the war, David Fisher reveals the amazing and often little-known stories that occurred behind and on the battle lines. The book also debunks the myths that surround the era's greatest figures, including Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, General Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Stonewall Jackson, John Singleton Mosby, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, William Tecumseh Sherman, and more. An epic struggle between the past and future, the Civil War was fought to fulfill the promise that "all men are created equal." It freed an enslaved race, decimated a generation of young men, ushered in a new era of brutality in war, and created modern America. Featuring archival images, eyewitness accounts, and beautiful artwork that further brings the history to life, The Civil War is the action-packed follow-up to the number-one bestsellers The Patriots and The Real West." - from the inner front jacket flap. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 008359

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies: The Civil ...
Verlag: Henry Holt and Company, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: Hardcover
Illustrator: Singer, Nancy (book design);
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition