Camp-Fire and Cotton-Field: a New York Herald Correspondent's View of the American Civil War

by Thomas Wallace Knox

Book Overview

A news correspondent's view of the great Civil War in America

When the discontent that grew into Civil War was fomenting, the author of this book, Thomas Knox was covering the Gold Rushes of the Rocky Mountains for his newspaper-the famous New York Herald. His editor made it plain that the news was now in a very different quarter and that brought about his posting to the troubled border of Missouri. Knox brings the inevitable advantage of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846774713
• ISBN13: 9781846774713
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"