The Civil War in 50 Objects

by Harold Holzer, The New York Historical Society, New York Historical Society, et al.

Book Overview

The American companion to "A History of the World in 100 Objects" A fresh, visual perspective on the Civil War From a soldier s diary with the pencil still attached to John Brown s pike, the Emancipation Proclamation, a Confederate Palmetto flag, and the leaves from Abraham Lincoln s bier, here is a unique and surprisingly intimate look at the Civil War. Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer sheds new light on the war by examining fifty objects from the New-York...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067001463X
• ISBN13: 9780670014637
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Viking Books
• Length: 380 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher