This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War
by Bruce Catton
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good
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Wimberley, Texas, United States
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About This Item
Doubleday, 1956. Hardcover. Very Good. Signed by Author. Rare presentation copy (stated) signed by Bruce Catton on front free end paper. Hardback. No dust jacket. Quarter-bound leather. Blue leather spine with gilt printing. Minor soiling to front cover. Interior front map page has small pen notations stating a gift inscription and signed presentation copy status. Clean copy with tight bind. Slight cracking along front exterior hinge.
Synopsis
Bruce Catton was a journalist and historian of the American Civil War. He won a Pulitzer Prize for history in 1954 for A Stillness at Appomattox , his study of the final campaign of the war in Virginia. He died in 1978.
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- Bookseller
- Books from the Hill Country (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220612004
- Title
- This Hallowed Ground: The Story of the Union Side of the Civil War
- Author
- Bruce Catton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1956
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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