Best Little Ironies, Oddities, and Mysteries of the Civil War Contributor(s): Kelly, C. Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1581821166 ISBN-13: 9781581821161 Publisher: Cumberland House OUR PRICE: $18.89 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2000 Annotation: This collection of more than 100 stories includes tales of unusual and frequently surprising events that took place in connection with the Civil War. The stories include ironies that grew out of incidents that occurred before the war, unexpected consequences of events, and more. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
Dewey: 973.7 |
LCCN: 00055472 |
Physical Information: 1.08" H x 6" W x 9.02" (1.49 lbs) 432 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Best Little Ironies, Oddities, and Mysteries of the Civil War is a collection of more than 100 stories of unusual and frequently surprising events that took place in connection with the Civil War. Organized by topics into seven sections, the stories include ironies that grew out of incidents that took place prior to the war, the unexpected consequences of events and the early days of the conflict, twists and turns of fate among soldiers, civilians and officers, and postwar happenings. All of these stories are written from a journalistic history approach that looks for the feature story aspects in the war's events, including:
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Contributor Bio(s): Kelly, C. Brian: - C. BRIAN KELLY, a prize-winning journalist, is cofounder of Montpelier Publishing and a former editor for Military History magazine. He is also a lecturer in newswriting at the University of Virginia. Kelly's articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Friends, Yankee, Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, and other magazines. He is the author of several books on American history and resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. |