After the War: The Lives and Images of Major Civil War Figures After the Shooting Stopped

by David Hardin

Book Overview

"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy," said F. Scott Fitzgerald. Perhaps no event in American history better illustrates this view than the Civil War and its principal players in the years after the conflict. The value of military glory and ties to greatness would turn toward the tragic even among the victors--like earthquake survivors stumbling into another world, simply trying to make a new life. Their struggle would be a constant tug...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1566638593
• ISBN13: 9781566638593
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 8.8"