THE VIEW FROM HEADQUARTERS. CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF HARVEY REID
by Byrne, Frank L. (editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1965. Harvey Reid kept a "War Diary" by writing members of his family, asking them to preserve his letters. "The former schoolteacher strove successfully to make his correspondence detailed, polished, and interesting...Besides describing the exterior of military life, he revealed the inner effects of the Civil War upon a sensitive soldier, his increasing awareness of human weaknesses, his changing attitudes on politics and slavery, his growing callousness towards war's horror and cruelty. One editor wrote "Because of Reid's 'high order of intelligence and ability' his Civil war letters constituted 'a valuable record, well worthy of publication". 257 pp. including Index. Faint signature of previous owner on front endpaper, otherwise Book is Fine. Protected with plastic (glassine) covering. . Cloth. Near Fine. Illus. by Facsimile Photographs and Illustrations. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Civil War.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003916
- Title
- THE VIEW FROM HEADQUARTERS. CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF HARVEY REID
- Author
- Byrne, Frank L. (editor)
- Illustrator
- Facsimile Photographs and Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- State Historical Society of Wisconsin
- Place of Publication
- Madison
- Date Published
- 1965
- Keywords
- Harvey Reid, Civil War, Civil War Letters, Civil War Correspondence
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil war;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4"
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