| A Year in the South: 1865: The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most Tumultuous Twelve Months in American History Contributor(s): Ash, Stephen V. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0060582480 ISBN-13: 9780060582487 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $18.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: Using private journals, diaries and letters, Ash has written a true social history and offers a new perspective on the tumultuous year that saw the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Social History |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004044401 |
| Physical Information: 0.77" H x 5.46" W x 8.1" (0.57 lbs) 289 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A slave determined to gain freedom, a widow battling poverty and despair, a man of God grappling with spiritual and worldly troubles, and a former Confederate soldier seeking a new life. They lived in the South during 1865 -- a year that saw war, disunion, and slavery give way to peace, reconstruction, and emancipation. Between January and December 1865, these four people witnessed, from very different vantage points, the death of the Old South and the birth of the New South. Civil War historian Stephen V. Ash reconstructs their daily lives, their fears and hopes, and their frustrations and triumphs in vivid detail -- telling a dramatic story of real people in a time of great upheaval and offering a fresh perspective on a pivotal moment in history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ash, Stephen V.: - Stephen V. Ash is Professor of History at the University of Tennessee. He is the author of several books on the Civil War, including When the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South. He lives with his wife in Knoxville, Tennessee. |