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- The thin light of freedom :…
- Authors:
- Ayers, Edward L.,
- Item ID:
- 71201800200020
- Publisher:
- New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
- Edition:
- First edition.
- ISBN:
- 0393292630 (hardback); 9780393292633 (hardback)
- Call Number:
- E470.2
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 576 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Topic:
- Slaves -- Emancipation -- United States.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Franklin (Venango County, Pa.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Augusta County (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-552) and index.; Part one: the scourge of war: July 1863 through November 1864 -- The great invasion: May through July 1863 -- A gigantic forlorn hope: July 1863 -- The great task remaining before us: July 1863 through May 1864 -- The Earth will tremble: April through June 1864 -- To burn something in the enemy's country: June through October 1864 -- A campaign of terrible moment: September through November 1864 -- Part two: The harvest of war: December 1864 through 1902 -- The colossal suicide of world history: December 1864 through March 1865 -- The perils of peace: March through October 1865 -- Rebelism: January through December 1866 -- We must be one people: January 1867 through July 1869 -- The past is not dead: 1868 through 1902 -- Epilogue.; Drawn from personal correspondence of people located in the Great Valley Counties of Augusta, Virginia, and Franklin, Pennsylvania, a ground level perspective of how the war and emancipation affected those living there.
- OCLC Number:
- ocn971339194
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets