The Civil War Reader (combined edition of The Union Reader & The Confederate Reader) by Richard B. Harwell 1991 Mallard Press history books

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This is a very good hardcover with dust jacket. 1991 Mallard Press Edition. This copy is very good inside and out. The inside pages are still crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight and bound in fine sewn binding, not glued, for durability and aesthetics. Blue-green hardcover boards under jacket are also very good with only a hint of shelf wear. The accompanying dust jacket is very good with only very light shelf wear. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with over 700 pages including index.

This edition of The Civil War Reader by Richard B. Harwell is actually a combined edition of the authors previous works; The Union Reader published in 1957 and The Confederate Reader published in 1958. The result is a detailed history of the Civil War as described by the participants in their own words. The narratives tells of the bitterness of the conflict, battlefield scenes of heroism and horror, the the pulse of war.
This edition is an acclaimed historical anthology. It compiles his previously published separate volumes—The Confederate Reader and The Union Reader into a single collection.
It is an authentic firsthand look at the Civil War from eyewitness accounts, letters, battlefield reports, and diaries.

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