Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War by Furgurson, Ernest B.

Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375704093)

Vendor: Ernest B. Furgurson
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Format: Paperback
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Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War by Furgurson, Ernest B.

Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War

$19.95
Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War by Furgurson, Ernest B.

Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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In this luminous portrait of wartime Washington, Ernest B. Furgurson-author of the widely acclaimed Chancellorsville 1863, Ashes of Glory, and Not War but Murder--brings to vivid life the personalities and events that animated the Capital during its most tumultuous time. Here among the sharpsters and prostitutes, slaves and statesmen are detective Allan Pinkerton, tracking down Southern sympathizers; poet Walt Whitman, nursing the wounded; and accused Confederate spy Antonia Ford, romancing her captor, Union Major Joseph Willard. Here are generals George McClellan and Ulysses S. Grant, railroad crew boss Andrew Carnegie, and architect Thomas Walter, striving to finish the Capitol dome. And here is Abraham Lincoln, wrangling with officers, pardoning deserters, and inspiring the nation. Freedom Rising is a gripping account of the era that transformed Washington into the world's most influential city.

Author: Ernest B. Furgurson
ISBN-10: 0375704094
ISBN-13: 9780375704093
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 11/08/2005
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.12lbs
Size: 8.14h x 5.07w x 1.06d
By Ernest B. Furgurson
By Ernest B. Furgurson
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Ernest B. "Pat" Furgurson, formerly a correspondent and columnist for the Baltimore Sun, has spent most of his life in the nation's capital. A native of Virginia, he is also the author of Chancellorsville 1863, Ashes of Glory, and Not War but Murder. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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