The Children of Pride: Selected letters of the family of the Rev. Dr. Charles Colcock Jones from the years 1860-1868; A New, Abridged Edition Best
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The remarkable Civil War letters of a Georgia plantation family, now available in a compact, illustrated volume for new readers and for all those who so greatly admired the original monumental edition. The letters vividly recreate a period of American history unparalleled for its drama and poignancy. From reviews of the first edition: "No story in America's history has been so often told, or has so well stood the retelling, as that of the Old South and its destruction. But Robert Manson Myers's splendid [book] tells it as it has not been told before, in the fullness of its poignancy and tragedy." -Madison Jones, New York Times Book Review "A great and indispensable book." -Jonathan Yardley, New Republic "A Gone with the Wind saga.... This book is superb." -Clarence E. Olson, St. Louis Post Dispatch "The Children of Pride is family reconstruction on a grand scale. It demonstrates how the editing of sources can become, in the hands of an imaginative scholar, the work of creative history." -Citation for the 1973 National Book Award in History. The original version of The Children of Pride was the winner of the 1973 National Book Award in History. It was also named among the best books of 1972 by the American Library Association and by the New York Times Book Review, Saturday Review, Time, Washington Post, and Newsweek.
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The Civil War may be over, but for twelve-year-old Will Page, the pain and bitterness haven't ended. How could they have, when the Yankees were responsible for the deaths of everyone in his entire immediate family?
And now Will has to leave his comfortable home in the Shenandoah Valley and live with relatives he has never met, people struggling to eke out a living on their farm in the war-torn Virginia Piedmont. But the worst of it is that Will's uncle Jed had refused to fight for the Confederacy.
At first, Will regards his uncle as a traitor -- or at least a coward. But as they work side by side, Will begins to respect the man. And when he sees his uncle stand up for what he believes in, Will realizes that he must rethink his definition of honor and courage.
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Food and Recipes of the Civil War (Cooking Throughout American History) Best
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Briefly describes some of the foods eaten in the North and South before and after the Civil War and the impact of the war on what foods were available and how they were prepared. Includes recipes.
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Unfortunately it is not easy to treat the warts in the mouth. Appearance of warts in the mouth is the most inconvenient because unlike other places we can't apply topical medicines inside the mouth or put duct tapes, etc. There are many treatments available for removing warts but only a few can be applied in the case of oral warts. Surgical removal, cryotherapy, intralesional injections of interferon alpha, etc are some means of treating oral warts. All the treatments should be performed by a doctor and should in no way be tried at home. The tools of the doctor are sterilized and therefore they don't make way for supplementary infection. But these treatments are just temporary. Warts reappear from time to time depending on the immune principles of the someone because the virus cannot be removed from the body.
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With civilwar chess, one can enjoy a superior chess game with a historic bend. The civilwar chess games bring famed figures of the American CivilWar into your home or workplace. Civilwar chess games relate the war fought in the middle of the Union soldiery and the Confederates. Strategy is a clear element in any battle field situation. There is no great game than chess to teach this strategy.
A civilwar chess set features a gorgeous civilwar dimension. It explores an leading event in United States history. The chess pieces are the images of great leaders from both sides of the CivilWar. These figures comprise Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and many others. The commanders come in historically correct dress, expression and even stature. The rules of civilwar chess games are the same as those of conventional chess.
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In civilwar chess, Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davies are selected as the kings and general Robert E. Lee and general Ulysses S. Grant as the queens. The two bishops symbolize general Wall Jackson and general Sherman with Union and Confederate Calvary as the knights. The castles are the Stars and Stripes as well as the Stars and Bars. The pawns are the Union Drummers and Confederate Buglers.
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Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War Best
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Renowned historian Benson Bobrick has written a moving chronicle of the American Revolution for young readers. From the first stirrings of unrest under British rule at the Boston Tea Party, to the treachery of Benedict Arnold at West Point, to George Washington's Christmas Eve surprise attack at the Battle of Trenton, to the British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown, Fight for Freedom explores the war that created one independent nation out of thirteen diverse colonies.
Fight for Freedom contains personal anecdotes from soldiers and civilians, as well as profiles of the many historical luminaries who were involved in America's fight for independence, such as George Washington, King George III, Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Paul Jones, Thomas Jefferson, and Lord Cornwallis. Bobrick also explores the origins of colonialism in the New World, the roles women and Native Americans played during the American Revolution, the intricacies of building a new government, and the fate of those who remained loyal to the British crown after the onset of war.
Bobrick's dynamic narrative is highlighted with many period oil paintings, political cartoons, and key campaign and battlefield maps, making Fight for Freedom the ultimate book on the American Revolution for kids.
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The civilwar chess games are equally good for both chess game lovers and history lovers. It brings the value of real history into a general game. When the board is totally set, it looks like a real battle field. Every game gives the feeling of a new civilwar, and regardless of actual history only the finest standard moves decide the outcomes.
Many dealers offer civilwar chess sets in a range of styles and sizes. Approximately all sets comprise extremely detailed hand-painted statuettes, which provide great artifact value of the many aspects of the Us CivilWar. Civilwar chess sets are excellent gifts for collectors of commemorative items or reproduced relics.
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Lincoln: A Photobiography (Houghton Mifflin social studies) Best
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A description of the boyhood, marriage, and young professional life of Abraham Lincoln includes his presidential years and also reflects on the latest scholarly thoughts about our Civil War president.
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This work is perhaps the most complete and enjoyable children's book ever written about one of the nation's most fascinating and important figures, Abraham Lincoln. Russell Freedman covers Lincoln's life and career in a balanced treatment that is enhanced by period photographs and drawings. The book won the Newbery Medal, the Jefferson Cup Award and the Golden Kite Honor Book Award, and earned a citation as School Library Journal Best Book of the Year.
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Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War Best
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Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War Overview
Renowned historian Benson Bobrick has written a moving chronicle of the American Revolution for young readers. From the first stirrings of unrest under British rule at the Boston Tea Party, to the treachery of Benedict Arnold at West Point, to George Washington's Christmas Eve surprise attack at the Battle of Trenton, to the British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown, Fight for Freedom explores the war that created one independent nation out of thirteen diverse colonies.
Fight for Freedom contains personal anecdotes from soldiers and civilians, as well as profiles of the many historical luminaries who were involved in America's fight for independence, such as George Washington, King George III, Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Paul Jones, Thomas Jefferson, and Lord Cornwallis. Bobrick also explores the origins of colonialism in the New World, the roles women and Native Americans played during the American Revolution, the intricacies of building a new government, and the fate of those who remained loyal to the British crown after the onset of war.
Bobrick's dynamic narrative is highlighted with many period oil paintings, political cartoons, and key campaign and battlefield maps, making Fight for Freedom the ultimate book on the American Revolution for kids.
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The American CivilWar coincided with the Victorian era, one of the most morally repressive eras in history for women. Everything from a woman's dress to her education were tightly constricted by societal mores that governed her every action.
These Victorian values that women of the CivilWar era abided by were nothing else but not set aside with the advent of war; a woman's gift to the war endeavor was supposed to begin - and regularly end - at home. However, as the war dragged on and more and more men left their jobs, homes, and lives for the war effort, women found themselves taking over farms, working in shops, teaching in schools, and otherwise taking over for the men who'd gone to war.
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Yet many women refused to limit their assistance to their country to what could be terminated close to home. These became nurses, worked to raise supplies for their troops, or even worked in armories. A number of these women supported their country in a more hazardous - and scandalous - way: they became spies.
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COURAGE WEARS MANY FACES
The Civil War may be over, but for twelve-year-old Will Page, the pain and bitterness haven't ended. How could they have, when the Yankees were responsible for the deaths of everyone in his entire immediate family?
And now Will has to leave his comfortable home in the Shenandoah Valley and live with relatives he has never met, people struggling to eke out a living on their farm in the war-torn Virginia Piedmont. But the worst of it is that Will's uncle Jed had refused to fight for the Confederacy.
At first, Will regards his uncle as a traitor -- or at least a coward. But as they work side by side, Will begins to respect the man. And when he sees his uncle stand up for what he believes in, Will realizes that he must rethink his definition of honor and courage.
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Espionage was thought about a dishonorable pursuit for a man while the CivilWar era. For a woman, spying was tantamount to prostitution. However, as the war escalated, women both North and South flaunted the Victorian morality of time to provide their country the intelligence it needed to make tactical and practical decisions.
Easily the most infamous spy of the CivilWar or the 19th Century, Belle Boyd. A Confederate spy, "La Belle Rebelle," as she came to be known, Boyd's espionage activities while the war - not to mention her ability to fly sticky situations unscathed - brought her fame and a modicum of fortune both while and after the war.
- Belle Boyd
Born Maria Isabella Boyd, Belle Boyd began spying for the Confederacy when Union forces invaded her Martinsburg,Virginia home in 1861. When one of the Federal soldiers manhandled her mother, Boyd shot and killed him. Exonerated in the soldier's death, an emboldened Boyd managed to befriend the Union soldiers left to guard her, and used her slave, Eliza, to pass information confided in her by the soldiers along to Confederate officers. Boyd was caught at her first endeavor at spying - and threatened with death - but she did not stop her activities; rather, she vowed to find a better way.
Boyd's occasion presented itself at her father's hotel. She eavesdropped on conversations the Union officers staying at the hotel conducted about forces affairs, and learned enough to post general Stonewall Jackson about their regiment and activities. This time, Boyd delivered her intelligence firsthand, thoughprovoking straight through Union lines, and reportedly drawing close enough to the operation to return with bullet holes in her skirts. The information she provided allowed the Confederate army to expand on Federal forces at Fort Royal.
However, Boyd's daring acts of espionage were drawn to a halt when a beau gave her up to Union authorities in 1862. She was held in the Old Capitol Prison in Washington for a month, then released, but found herself in the hoosegow again shortly. Once again, she managed to be set free, and traveled to England, where she married a Union officer.
Boyd wasn't the only female spy operating in Virginia. In the Confederate capital of Richmond, Elizabeth Van Lew, known as "Crazy Bet," was providing the Union with intelligence while allowing her Confederate neighbors to consider her insane.
Slave power is arrogant, is jealous and intrusive, is cruel, is despotic, not only over the slave but over the community, the state. Elizabeth Van Lew
Van Lew, born to a wealthy and leading Richmond family, was educated by Quakers in Philadelphia. She returned to Richmond an avowed abolitionist, going so far as to convince her mother to free the family's slaves.
Her espionage operation began soon after the start of the war. To the distress of her neighbors, she openly supported the Union; soon she concentrated her efforts on aiding Federal prisoners at the Libby Prison, taking them food, books, and paper. Soon she began smuggling information about Confederate activities from the prisoners to Union officers, along with general Ulysses S. Grant.
To hide her activities from her Confederate neighbors, Van Lew behaved oddly - dressing in old clothes, talking to herself, refusing to comb her hair - oddly enough that citizen began to think she was insane, and to call her "Crazy Bet." Far from insane, Van Lew was hailed by Grant as the supplier of some of the most leading intelligence gathered while the war. One of Van Lew's more inventive strategies complicated a code she developed for disguising information, which she often sent to Union officers in hollowed out eggs. She also used former slaves in an espionage network, one of which, Mary Elizabeth Bower, was employed in the Confederate White House.
Belle Boyd and Elizabeth Van Lew are only two of the many women who aided their respective countries while the CivilWar by spying. These women took a risk that they knew had longstanding ramifications; many who were outed as spies, such as Van Lew, found themselves shunned in polite community after the war. Their controversial efforts not only aided the war endeavor - they aided the progression of women for years to come.
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