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Reveille in Washington
by Margaret Leech
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
* Reveille in Washington 1860: "The American capital is sprawling, fractured, squalid, colored by patriotism and treason, deeply divided along the political lines that will soon embroil the nation in bloody conflict. Chaotic and corrupt, the young city is populated by bellicose congressmen, Confederate conspirators,enterprising prostitutes. Soldiers of a volunteer army swing from the dome of the Capitol, assassins stalk the avenues, and Abraham Lincoln struggles to justify his presidency as the Union heads to war"......Reveille in Washington by Margaret Leech, Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London (1941), Book of the month club.- original insert included with book/. 483 pages.....Large heavy book, dark blue boards with orange/ trim & gilt titling on spine are in good condition, some minor staining, discoloration. Hinges are tight/ Graphical endpapers with diagram of Washington D.C. in 1861. Deckle edged pages are good, no tears, only light tanning at edges. Good bibliography, extensively indexed ..No dust jacket.......Ruth Reaser..LAX Vespa, Los Angeles Culver City- maybe this will do it!-At least you know what you're getting into-City-Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit.....Reveille Washington 5840 HC Military 1 LB
Synopsis
Margaret Leech (1893–1974) was an American historian, novelist and dramatist. She twice received the Pulitzer Prize in history, for Reveille in Washington (1942) and In the Days of McKinley (1960); with the former she became the first woman to receive a Pulitzer in that category. James McPherson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era . His other bestselling books include For Cause and Comrades, Drawn with the Sword, What They Fought For; Gettysburg ; and Fields of Fury . A professor at Princeton University, he lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
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- Bookseller
- Ruth Reaser LAXVESPA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5840
- Title
- Reveille in Washington
- Author
- Margaret Leech
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- none
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book of the Month Club
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1941
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Reveille in Washington by Margaret Leech, Published by Harper & Brothers Publishers, New York and London (1941), Book of the month club.- original insert included with book/. 483 pages american civil war abraham lincoln washington D C Ruth Reaser lax vesp
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- History American;
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