History of the Civil War 1861-1865 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781605207643)

This landmark study of the most traumatic era in American history won a Pulitzer Prize in 1918 for its concise, clear-minded survey of the Civil War from political and economic perspectives. From "the great factor in the destruction of slavery"-the election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860-to the "twenty thousand men in Wall Street" who sang to celebrate the war's end four years later, Rhodes, a self-taught historian, lends a distinctive voice to his retelling of the war. All students of the upheaval and disorder of the period will appreciate this enduring and unusual perspective on it.

Author: James F. Rhodes
ISBN-10: 1605207640
ISBN-13: 9781605207643
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2009
Pages: 482
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.07d