{"product_id":"like-grass-before-the-scythe-william-remmel-9780817359751","title":"Like Grass Before the Scythe: The Life and Death of Sgt. William Remmel 121st New York Infantry","description":"\u003cb\u003eUncommonly articulate letters from a young German-American soldier with the Union forces\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sergeant William Remmel was a German immigrant who had settled with his parents and family in far upstate New York. His letters collected in \u003ci\u003eLike Grass before the Scythe \u003c\/i\u003ecover more than two full years of his service and provide details on military and social history in the eastern theater of operations and on the experience of the home front in upstate New York among a largely immigrant, working-class family and community. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Remmel wrote in English and apparently his parents responded in German. In addition to the important material on an immigrant family's experience, Remmel also deals with the question of slavery, illness and hospital care (when he was wounded), the problem of hard war\/total war, as well as the campaigns of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Shenandoah Valley in 1864. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Remmel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817359753\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817359751\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"William Remmel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49096757870847,"sku":"9780817359751","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/like-grass-before-the-scythe-william-remmel-9780817359751","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}