{"product_id":"dear-uncles-rick-barram-9781438489971","title":"Dear Uncles: The Civil War Letters of Arthur McKinstry, a Soldier in the Excelsior Brigade","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA New York soldier's eyewitness account of life in the first year of the Civil War, from the campgrounds to the battlefields.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDear Uncles\u003c\/i\u003e is one young man's story from the beginning of the American Civil War. Taken from letters sent home to family and friends, including correspondence written for his uncles' local newspaper, this book gives an intimate portrait of Arthur McKinstry's journey from a small town in upstate New York to confront Confederate forces in Virginia. Articulate, confident, and observant, McKinstry's letters are written with a journalist's eye and poet's heart, giving us a vivid, humorous, and ultimately heartbreaking view into his experiences of going to war. Whether slogging through rain and mud, waiting for care packages from home, or watching cannonballs land in camp, these dispatches place readers in a young soldier's boots and help them to imagine how family and friends experienced this crisis in American history. \u003ci\u003eDear Uncles\u003c\/i\u003e also offers new insights into regimental organization, training, and the often-overlooked attempt of Confederates to blockade Washington, DC's Potomac River supply route. \u003ci\u003eDear Uncles\u003c\/i\u003e will fascinate and entertain readers with an interest in American Civil War history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick Barram\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1438489978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438489971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Excelsior Editions\/State University of New Yo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Rick Barram","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48995737043199,"sku":"9781438489971","price":104.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dear-uncles-rick-barram-9781438489971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}