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An intriguing picture of life during the Civil War, through the
newspapers of the period. Delving into an untapped source to tell
the story of the Civil War from an entirely new and fascinating
perspective, Fighting Words provides a sweeping history of the
conflict through colorful, idiosyncratic, and highly opinionated
newspaper accounts from all sides of the conflict. A
panorama-in-print of a fractious and frenzied nation through
articles, editorials, and illustrations culled from more than
eighty Civil War—era newspapers, most with markedly different
agendas, Fighting Words is the perfect gift for Civil War buffs.
Coopersmith's innovative new study is a reminder of the way in
which, then as now, our understanding of the world is shaped by and
powerfully reflected in the media. Lavishly illustrated with more
than one hundred facsimile reproductions from the newspapers
themselves, many never before available to a contemporary audience,
Fighting Words includes accounts of such events as the capture and
occupation of New Orleans, the drive toward emancipation, the
enlistment of black soldiers, the New York City draft riots, class
conflict in the Confederacy, and the assassination of President
Lincoln. Educational and entertaining, rousing and often
contradictory, it reveals the vastly different priorities,
worldviews, and political objectives that shaped the war and its
outcome.
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