The Civil War
The complete text of the bestselling narrative history of the Civil War--based on the celebrated PBS television series
$46.02
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
6 September 1994
Summary
Based on the celebrated PBS television series about the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood—the complete text of the magisterial illustrated work of history that The New York Times hailed as “a treasure for the eye and mind.”
“The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things…. It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads: the suffering, the enormous tragedy of the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679755432 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0679755438 |
| Author: | Geoffrey C. Ward, Kenneth Burns, Richard Burns |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 6 September 1994 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 132mm x 203mm |
| Series: | Vintage Civil War Library |
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Critics Review
“An absorbing experience… A fine work of scholarship.”- Boston Globe “Succeeds in evoking both the grandeur of the war and its basic humanity.”- Chicago Tribune
“An absorbing experience … A fine work of scholarship.” —Boston Globe
“Succeeds in evoking both the grandeur of the war and its basic humanity.” —Chicago Tribune
Geoffrey C. Ward
Geoffrey C. Ward is the author of Before the Trumpet: The Young Franklin Roosevelt and A First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography. A former editor of American Heritage, Ward has also written a number of documentary films for public television, including The Civil War, Huey Long, The West, and Thomas Hart Benton (all with Florentine Films). He is a frequent contributor to Audubon, MHQ, Smithsonian, and other magazines.
Ken Burns, founder of Florentine Films, is one of the most celebrated documentary filmmakers working today. He has produced and directed a number of award-winning films, including Huey Long, Brooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty, The Shakers, The Congress, and Thomas Hart Benton. He was a producer, director, cinematographer, and co-writer of the PBS series The Civil War.
Ric Burns is a producer and writer of The Civil War and was educated at Columbia and Cambridge universities. He is currently producing and directing a documentary history of Coney Island.
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