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Major General Joseph King Fenno Mansfield - A Soldier From Beginning to End (Hardcover): Laurence H. Freiheit Major General Joseph King Fenno Mansfield - A Soldier From Beginning to End (Hardcover)
Laurence H. Freiheit
R1,675 Discovery Miles 16 750 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The History of the War, Between the United States and Great Britain, Which Commenced in June, 1812, and Closed in February 1815... The History of the War, Between the United States and Great Britain, Which Commenced in June, 1812, and Closed in February 1815 [microform] - Containing the Correspondence Which Passed Between the Two Governments, Immediately Preceding and Since... (Hardcover)
J (John) 1793-1863 Russell
R1,040 Discovery Miles 10 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Harpers Weekly - a Journal of Civilization (Hardcover): Inc Living History Harpers Weekly - a Journal of Civilization (Hardcover)
Inc Living History
R1,039 Discovery Miles 10 390 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Holmes's The Chambered Nautilus, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech - a Study and Interpretation, With Preliminary... Holmes's The Chambered Nautilus, and Lincoln's Gettysburg Speech - a Study and Interpretation, With Preliminary Comments, Notes, and Questions (Hardcover)
Lucy Adella Sloan, Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln, Oliver Wendell 1809-1894 Holmes
R717 Discovery Miles 7 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Lorimer Case (Hardcover): Joseph W (Joseph Weldon) 18 Bailey The Lorimer Case (Hardcover)
Joseph W (Joseph Weldon) 18 Bailey
R718 Discovery Miles 7 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Little Sermons in Socialism by Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover): Burke McCarty, Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln Little Sermons in Socialism by Abraham Lincoln (Hardcover)
Burke McCarty, Abraham 1809-1865 Lincoln; Created by Chicago Daily Socialist
R711 Discovery Miles 7 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
History of the Second Iowa Cavalry; Containing a Detailed Account of its Organization, Marches, and the Battles in Which it has... History of the Second Iowa Cavalry; Containing a Detailed Account of its Organization, Marches, and the Battles in Which it has Participated; Also, a Complete Roster of Each Company (Hardcover)
Lyman B. Pierce
R901 Discovery Miles 9 010 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
A Rebel Born - The Screenplay (Hardcover): Lochlainn Seabrook A Rebel Born - The Screenplay (Hardcover)
Lochlainn Seabrook
R867 Discovery Miles 8 670 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Belles and Poets - Intertextuality in the Civil War Diaries of White Southern Women (Hardcover): Julia Nitz Belles and Poets - Intertextuality in the Civil War Diaries of White Southern Women (Hardcover)
Julia Nitz; Series edited by Scott Romine
R1,522 Discovery Miles 15 220 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Belles and Poets, Julia Nitz analyzes the Civil War diary writing of eight white women from the U.S. South, focusing specifically on how they made sense of the world around them through references to literary texts. Nitz finds that many diarists incorporated allusions to poems, plays, and novels, especially works by Shakespeare and the British Romantic poets, in moments of uncertainty and crisis. While previous studies have overlooked or neglected such literary allusions in personal writings, regarding them as mere embellishments or signs of elite social status, Nitz reveals that these references functioned as codes through which women diarists contemplated their roles in society and addressed topics related to slavery, Confederate politics, gender, and personal identity. Nitz's innovative study of identity construction and literary intertextuality focuses on diaries written by the following women: Eliza Frances (Fanny) Andrews of Georgia (1840-1931), Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut of South Carolina (1823-1886), Malvina Sara Black Gist of South Carolina (1842-1930), Sarah Ida Fowler Morgan of Louisiana (1842-1909), Cornelia Peake McDonald of Virginia (1822-1909), Judith White Brockenbrough McGuire of Virginia (1813-1897), Sarah Katherine (Kate) Stone of Louisiana (1841-1907), and Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas of Georgia (1843-1907). These women's diaries circulated in postwar commemoration associations, and several saw publication. The public acclaim they received helped shape the collective memory of the war and, according to Nitz, further legitimized notions of racial supremacy and segregation. Comparing and contrasting their own lives to literary precedents and fictional role models allowed the diarists to process the privations of war, the loss of family members, and the looming defeat of the Confederacy. Belles and Poets establishes the extent to which literature offered a means of exploring ideas and convictions about class, gender, and racial hierarchies in the Civil War-era South. Nitz's work shows that literary allusions in wartime diaries expose the ways in which some white southern women coped with the war and its potential threats to their way of life.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Assassination - Tanner (Hardcover): Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln; Assassination - Tanner (Hardcover)
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
John Wilkes Booth - Escape and Wanderings Until Final Ending of the Trail by Suicide at Enid, Oklahoma, January 12, 1903... John Wilkes Booth - Escape and Wanderings Until Final Ending of the Trail by Suicide at Enid, Oklahoma, January 12, 1903 (Hardcover)
William Parker 1843-1924 Campbell
R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Hidden Indictment - What the Slaves and Freedmen Knew About the Lincoln Assassination (Hardcover): Frazer Walton A Hidden Indictment - What the Slaves and Freedmen Knew About the Lincoln Assassination (Hardcover)
Frazer Walton
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Keep the Days - Reading the Civil War Diaries of Southern Women (Hardcover): Steven M. Stowe Keep the Days - Reading the Civil War Diaries of Southern Women (Hardcover)
Steven M. Stowe
R2,863 Discovery Miles 28 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Americans wrote fiercely during the Civil War. War surprised, devastated, and opened up imagination, taking hold of Americans' words as well as their homes and families. The personal diary-wildly ragged yet rooted in day following day-was one place Americans wrote their war. Diaries, then, have become one of the best-known, most-used sources for exploring the life of the mind in a war-torn place and time. Delving into several familiar wartime diaries kept by women of the southern slave-owning class, Steven Stowe recaptures their motivations to keep the days close even as war tore apart the brutal system of slavery that had benefited them. Whether the diarists recorded thoughts about themselves, their opinions about men, or their observations about slavery, race, and warfare, Stowe shows how these women, by writing the immediate moment, found meaning in a changing world. In studying the inner lives of these unsympathetic characters, Stowe also explores the importance-and the limits-of historical empathy as a condition for knowing the past, demonstrating how these plain, first-draft texts can offer new ways to make sense of the world in which these Confederate women lived.

Active Service (Hardcover): John Breckinridge Castleman Active Service (Hardcover)
John Breckinridge Castleman
R977 Discovery Miles 9 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Famous Americans - Their Portraits, Biographies and Thrilling Experiences (Hardcover): Marshall 1863-1939 Everett Famous Americans - Their Portraits, Biographies and Thrilling Experiences (Hardcover)
Marshall 1863-1939 Everett
R1,110 Discovery Miles 11 100 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual (Hardcover): Kariem Abdul Haqq 13th Amendment Freedom Week Manual (Hardcover)
Kariem Abdul Haqq; Compiled by Mmadhouse Media
R1,206 Discovery Miles 12 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Adventures of Alf Wilson - A Member of the Mitchel Railroad Raiders (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition):... Adventures of Alf Wilson - A Member of the Mitchel Railroad Raiders (Large print, Hardcover, Large type / large print edition)
John A. Wilson
R854 Discovery Miles 8 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Uncovering the Civil War - Conversations Connecting Our Past, Present, and Future (Volume 1) (Hardcover): Antonio Elmaneh Uncovering the Civil War - Conversations Connecting Our Past, Present, and Future (Volume 1) (Hardcover)
Antonio Elmaneh
R733 Discovery Miles 7 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sitting Bull's Cookbook; A Family Tree Story - With Added Information about the Families of Madden,... Sitting Bull's Cookbook; A Family Tree Story - With Added Information about the Families of Madden, Tewell/Toole/O'Toole, Janis, Palmer, Gallego/Giago, Yellowbird/Yellowbird-Steele, Lone Horn, Shangreaux, Montileaux, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, Dragging (Hardcover, With Added Appendix Section Genealogy ed.)
C. Tewell, Phaedra Madden
R3,316 Discovery Miles 33 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Contesting Commemoration - The 1876 Centennial, Independence Day, and the Reconstruction-Era South (Hardcover): Jack D. Noe Contesting Commemoration - The 1876 Centennial, Independence Day, and the Reconstruction-Era South (Hardcover)
Jack D. Noe
R1,252 Discovery Miles 12 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In Contesting Commemoration: The 1876 Centennial, Independence Day, and the Reconstruction-Era South, Jack Noe examines identity and nationalism in the post-Civil War South through the lens of commemorative activity, namely Independence Day celebrations and the Centennial of 1876. Both events presented opportunities for whites, Blacks, northerners, and southerners to reflect on their identity as Americans. The often colorful and engaging discourse surrounding these observances provides a fascinating portrait of this fractured moment in the development of American nationalism.

A Hidden Indictment - What the Slaves and Freedmen Knew About the Lincoln Assassination (Hardcover): Frazer Walton A Hidden Indictment - What the Slaves and Freedmen Knew About the Lincoln Assassination (Hardcover)
Frazer Walton
R879 Discovery Miles 8 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Notes on the Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d and 3rd, 1863 .. (Hardcover):... Notes on the Invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania, and the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d and 3rd, 1863 .. (Hardcover)
Michael 1808-1871 Jacobs
R789 Discovery Miles 7 890 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Up From Slavery (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover): Booker T. Washington Up From Slavery (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) (Hardcover)
Booker T. Washington
R970 Discovery Miles 9 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Star Gate Battle Book (Hardcover): Seeds /. McMoneagle Star Gate Battle Book (Hardcover)
Seeds /. McMoneagle
R632 Discovery Miles 6 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Evenings With Great Authors; 1 (Hardcover): Sherwin 1868-1959 Cody Evenings With Great Authors; 1 (Hardcover)
Sherwin 1868-1959 Cody
R977 Discovery Miles 9 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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