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Civil War Books
A Critical Bibliography — 2 Volumes in 1
By Allan Nevins, James I. Robertson, Bell I. Wiley
Vol. I–278 pages • Vol. II-326 pages • Index • 8 1/2" x 11" • Cloth
A comprehensive, authoritative guide to books on the Civil War. This annotated, critical bibliography, prepared under the auspices of the United States Civil War Centennial Commission is an invaluable reference for private and public collections. Working under the supervision of three outstanding authorities on the Civil War, fifteen historians selected nearly 6,000 books for inclusion and wrote brief commentaries on each book.
VOLUME I: 2,700 entries, 8 categories: Military Aspects–Mobilization, Organization, Administration, and Supply; Military Aspects–Campaigns; Military Aspects–Soldier Life; Prisons and Prisoners of War; The Negro; The Navies; and Diplomacy. Each entry is a facsimile of the Library of Congress catalog card together with a one sentence analysis of the work.
VOLUME II: General Works; Biographies, Memoirs, and Collected Works of Important Leaders, etc. For the Union and the Confederacy, it covers separately: Government and Politics; Economic and Social Studies; and State and Local Studies. Index is in Volume II. ISBN 1-56837-321-X $75
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