{"product_id":"the-story-of-a-thousand-tourgee-9781606351024","title":"The Story of a Thousand: Being a History of the Service of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Union, from August 21, 1862, to June 6","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eEyewitness Civil War testimony from a major American writer\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis facsimile edition of Albion W. Tourgée's regimental history of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was first published in 1896. Tourgée, a lawyer and outspoken abolitionist from Williamsfield, Ohio, is best known for his semi-fictional novels about the reconstruction of the South following the Civil War, \u003cem\u003eA Fool's Errand\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBricks Without Straw.\u003c\/em\u003e Both critically acclaimed best sellers, the novels catapulted Tourgée and his relentless efforts to secure equality for African Americans into the national spotlight.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Story of a Thousand\u003c\/em\u003e also received a warm reception upon its publication, although it never achieved the level of recognition as his other works. Written at the behest of his former comrades in the 105th Ohio, \u003cem\u003eThe Story of a Thousand\u003c\/em\u003e draws on Tourgée's own wartime papers, as well as diaries, letters, and recollections of other veterans, to detail the remarkable story of the regiment during its campaigns in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, and Sherman's March to the Sea. Tourgée concentrates on the lives and experiences of the enlisted soldiers, describing the backgrounds of the men and how they rallied around the Union flag as citizen soldiers and also on discussions about the role of slavery as the impetus of the war. Tourgée's concern for the common soldier prefigures the scholarship of twentieth-century historians, such as Bell Irvin Wiley, who devoted attention to the men in the ranks rather than the generals and politicians in charge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorian Peter Luebke revives Albion W. Tourgée's lost testimony of the war in this new edition of \u003cem\u003eThe Story of a Thousand.\u003c\/em\u003e He includes an index and a scholarly introduction that draws on extensive research to describe the writing, production, and reception of the book. Luebke also places the work in the context of recent Civil War scholarship. The inclusion of famed illustrator Frederic Remington's engravings, which accompanied the book's excerpts appearing in \u003cem\u003eThe Cosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e magazine in 1894 and 1895, also enhances the text.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eScholars, students, and enthusiasts of the Civil War and Ohio history are sure to enjoy this military account by one of Reconstruction's harshest and most articulate critics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tourgee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606351028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606351024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 516\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.70d","brand":"Tourgee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088634130687,"sku":"9781606351024","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0279815f-76f9-43eb-a2d3-7febe8d2b983.jpg?v=1769105834","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-story-of-a-thousand-tourgee-9781606351024","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}