AbeBooks.com has published an interesting piece on collecting Civil War books called Collecting U.S. Civil War Books: The Men & Women of the Conflict . Lots of pics of older books. Cool stuff.
The Civil War was perhaps the quintessential American experience. It features battles, political intrigue, espionage, technology development, foreign relations, civic duty and citizenship, patriotism, nationalism, philanthropy, humanitarian assistance, liberation, and military occupation and much more. However, the one common thread throughout all the adjectives in the preceding sentence is that people were the means and the ends of each of these words. These words have a flesh and blood quality in rhetoric and reality.
2 comments:
Thanks for the link to this article. Just purchased one of the recommended titles on the Orphan Brigade. Can I blame your blog if my wife wonders why yet another old book is arriving?
Hi Ron - Thanks for commenting. Yes, I am prepared to take the rap if it will help. :-) My wife is constantly urging me to "thin the herd" especially when the postman shows up with another book-sized box.
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