James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of History at Princeton University and the President of the American Historical Association. Widely acclaimed as the leading historian of the Civil War, he is the author of Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam (a New York Times bestseller), For Cause and Comrades (winner of a Lincoln Prize), and many other books on Lincoln and the Civil War era.
"In this impressive book, famed Civil War historian McPherson
revises his Pulitzer Prize-winning Battle Cry of Freedom, reducing
the text by one-fifth in order to add a stunning array of over 700
illustrations from the Civil War era--photographs, cartoons,
lithographs, etchings, woodcuts, and paintings--that give new life
to an already vivid, engrossing history....Real value is added not
only by the illustrations, which are neatly woven into the
narrative, but
also by the copious captions (which add some 35,000 words), which
introduce new material and expand on subjects sometimes lightly
touched in the original....One can smell the sweat and sulfur
from
McPherson's riveting narrative and can see the dangerous age as
those who lived in it. Essential."--Library Journal
"If you read only one general history of the Civil War, McPherson's
book should be it."--Houston Chronicle
"A handsome volume, much appreciated by any American history
buff."--Seattle Times
"I could go on, but by now you get the point: The Illustrated
Battle Cry of Freedom presents an outstanding set of images that
will enrich anybody's understanding of the Civil War."--National
Review Online
"Serious Civil War buffs will delight in this magisterial
treatment."--PW Online
"For history buffs, the coffee-table book of the year."--Weekly
Standard
"It would seem hard to improve upon a book that won a Pulitzer
Prize, made bestseller lists and is widely considered the finest
one-volume treatment of its subject, but McPherson's history of the
Civil War has gained significantly from being reissued with
illustrations. Except for being trimmed by about 20 percent and
shorn of its notes, the text is virtually identical to that of 15
years ago. But the photographs, paintings, blueprints, cartoons and
other
illustrations--along with the author's lucid captions--add
materially to the overall effect."--Washington Post Book World
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