Since its first publication, Battle Cry of Freedom has helped shape our understanding of such matters as the origins of the war the formation of the Republican Party internal dissent and antiwar opposition in North and South and the fateful contingencies that determined the course of the conflict. McPherson brilliantly illuminates the genius of Abraham Lincoln as both a wartime commander and the political leader of the Union, and he crisply sketches portraits of the main participants, from Jackson and Lee to Grant and Sherman. The bloody struggles at Manassas, Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, and many other battle fields are grippingly retold we read of the fall of Richmond and, in a truly moving passage, of the surrender of Lee's army. McPherson traces the momentous episodes that preceded the Civil War ~ the Dred Scott decision, the Lincoln~Douglas debates, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and then moves into a panoramic chronicle of the war itself. Battle Cry of Freedom matches stirring drama with analytical insight, presenting the critical episodes of the era in vivid detail against the backdrop of economic and social changes that hastened war as well as those that followed in its aftermath.
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Twenty~four new maps in full color have been prepared specially for this volume. and over one hundred and fifty in full color, James McPherson has supplied extensive original commentary for each illustration, including new information unavailable in the original edition. This illustrated edition adds a rich new dimension to the acclaimed text with more than seven hundred pictures chosen by the author~many rarely or never before published. James McPherson's epic narrative captures the political, social, and military events that crowded the two decades from the outbreak of one war in Mexico to the ending of another at Appomattox. Battle Cry of Freedom has been acclaimed as the finest one~volume history of the American Civil War ever published. ~WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE for History and a New York Times best seller. over 700 illustrations, including 150 in glossy full color. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. large & heavy ("coffee table" book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. Listed on Modern Library's 100 great nonfiction books of the twentieth century.ĭark green & gilt full cloth hardcover 4to ~ 4º (quarto 9"x11.5"). The standard one-volume history of the Civil War. This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war, slavery, and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim.
The South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. The book's title "Battle Cry of Freedom" refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Phoebe Roberts Congratulations on your award, from a fellow lover of books James McPherson Princeton February 28, 1989." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Listed on Modern Library's 100 great nonfiction books of the twentieth century.įirst edition, early printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work.
Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Philip Jonsson warm regards from Jim McPherson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket.
First edition, early printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work.
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