The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai

The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 272
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ISBN-10 : 9781479831906
ISBN-13 : 1479831905
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai by : Dianne Ashton

"This book offers a vivid look at the wartime experiences of a Southern Jewish white woman, a slaveholder who was forced to leave her home due to the upheavals of the Civil War but maintained a fierce devotion to her family and to the Confederate values that shaped her world"--

The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai

The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1479831980
ISBN-13 : 9781479831982
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis The Civil War Diary of Emma Mordecai by : Emma Mordecai

"This book offers a vivid look at the wartime experiences of a Southern Jewish white woman, a slaveholder who was forced to leave her home due to the upheavals of the Civil War but maintained a fierce devotion to her family and to the Confederate values that shaped her world"--

Six Encounters with Lincoln

Six Encounters with Lincoln
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 498
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ISBN-10 : 9780143111238
ISBN-13 : 014311123X
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Six Encounters with Lincoln by : Elizabeth Brown Pryor

Winner of the Barondess/Lincoln Award from The Civil War Round Table of New York “Fascinating reading. . .this book eerily reflects some of today’s key issues.” – The New York Times Book Review From an award-winning historian, an engrossing look at how Abraham Lincoln grappled with the challenges of leadership in an unruly democracy An awkward first meeting with U.S. Army officers, on the eve of the Civil War. A conversation on the White House portico with a young cavalry sergeant who was a fiercely dedicated abolitionist. A tense exchange on a navy ship with a Confederate editor and businessman. In this eye-opening book, Elizabeth Brown Pryor examines six intriguing, mostly unknown encounters that Abraham Lincoln had with his constituents. Taken together, they reveal his character and opinions in unexpected ways, illustrating his difficulties in managing a republic and creating a presidency. Pryor probes both the political demons that Lincoln battled in his ambitious exercise of power and the demons that arose from the very nature of democracy itself: the clamorous diversity of the populace, with its outspoken demands. She explores the trouble Lincoln sometimes had in communicating and in juggling the multiple concerns that make up being a political leader; how conflicted he was over the problem of emancipation; and the misperceptions Lincoln and the South held about each other. Pryor also provides a fascinating discussion of Lincoln’s fondness for storytelling and how he used his skills as a raconteur to enhance both his personal and political power. Based on scrupulous research that draws on hundreds of eyewitness letters, diaries, and newspaper excerpts, Six Encounters with Lincoln offers a fresh portrait of Lincoln as the beleaguered politician who was not especially popular with the people he needed to govern with, and who had to deal with the many critics, naysayers, and dilemmas he faced without always knowing the right answer. What it shows most clearly is that greatness was not simply laid on Lincoln’s shoulders like a mantle, but was won in fits and starts.

Jews and the Civil War

Jews and the Civil War
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 446
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ISBN-10 : 9780814771136
ISBN-13 : 0814771130
Rating : 4/5 (36 Downloads)

Synopsis Jews and the Civil War by : Jonathan D. Sarna

"An erotic scandal chronicle so popular it became a byword... Expertly tailored for contemporary readers. It combines scurrilous attacks on the social and political celebritites of the day, disguised just enough to exercise titillating speculatuion, with luscious erotic tales." —Belles Lettres This story concerns the return of to earth of the goddess of Justice, Astrea, to gather information about private and public behavior on the island of Atalantis. Manley drew on her experience as well as on an obsessive observation of her milieu to produce this fast paced narrative of political and erotic intrigue.

Sherman's March Through the Carolinas

Sherman's March Through the Carolinas
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0807845663
ISBN-13 : 9780807845660
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Sherman's March Through the Carolinas by : John G. Barrett

In retrospect, General William Tecumseh Sherman considered his march through the Carolinas the greatest of his military feats, greater even than the Georgia campaign. When he set out northward from Savannah with 60,000 veteran soldiers in January 1865, he

Remembering the Civil War

Remembering the Civil War
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 465
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ISBN-10 : 9781469607061
ISBN-13 : 1469607069
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Remembering the Civil War by : Caroline E. Janney

Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation

The Oxford Handbook of the American Civil War

The Oxford Handbook of the American Civil War
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 697
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ISBN-10 : 9780190903053
ISBN-13 : 0190903058
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of the American Civil War by : Lorien Foote

Assembles contributions from thirty-nine leading historians of the American Civil War into a coherent attempt to assess the war's impact on American society

Jews Across the Americas

Jews Across the Americas
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Publisher : NYU Press
Total Pages : 552
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ISBN-10 : 9781479819324
ISBN-13 : 1479819328
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis Jews Across the Americas by : Adriana M. Brodsky

"Jews Across the Americas, a documentary reader with sources from Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States, each introduced by an expert in the field, teaches students to analyze historical sources and encourages them to think about who and what has been and is an American Jew"--

Routes of War

Routes of War
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Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 273
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ISBN-10 : 9780674065109
ISBN-13 : 0674065107
Rating : 4/5 (09 Downloads)

Synopsis Routes of War by : Yael A. Sternhell

The Civil War thrust millions of men and women—rich and poor, soldiers and civilians, enslaved and free—onto the roads of the South. During four years of war, Southerners lived on the move. In the hands of Sternhell, movement becomes a radically new means to perceive the full trajectory of the Confederacy’s rise, struggle, and ultimate defeat.

Women and American Judaism

Women and American Judaism
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Publisher : UPNE
Total Pages : 348
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ISBN-10 : 1584651245
ISBN-13 : 9781584651246
Rating : 4/5 (45 Downloads)

Synopsis Women and American Judaism by : Pamela Susan Nadell

New portrayals of the religious lives of American Jewish women from colonial times to the present.