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  • STARS & STRIPES TRIUMPHANT. by Harrison, Harry.
    Harrison, Harry.
    STARS & STRIPES TRIUMPHANT.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Del Rey / Ballantine, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third and final book in his alternative history series based during the Civil War - "at the dawn of the U.S. Civil War, Britain itself committed an act of war by seizing a U.S. packet ship. In retaliation, the Confederate States rejoined the Union and took up arms against England. Repulsing a British invasion, and defeating her majestyÕs army first in Canada, then in Mexico, then in Ireland, American pride and power swelled. . . . Now, Queen VictoriaÕs empire is more dangerous than ever before, turning against the Irish on her own soil, flexing her naval might, and all but forcing a weary President…

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    New York: Del Rey / Ballantine, (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third and final book in his alternative history series based during the Civil War - "at the dawn of the U.S. Civil War, Britain itself committed an act of war by seizing a U.S. packet ship. In retaliation, the Confederate States rejoined the Union and took up arms against England. Repulsing a British invasion, and defeating her majestyÕs army first in Canada, then in Mexico, then in Ireland, American pride and power swelled. . . . Now, Queen VictoriaÕs empire is more dangerous than ever before, turning against the Irish on her own soil, flexing her naval might, and all but forcing a weary President Lincoln to authorize the next step in a headlong journey toward war" SIGNED on the title page. List of characters. 249 pp. ISBN: 0-34540937X.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 69543
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  • CORNERSTONES OF CONFEDERATE COLLECTING. by Harwell, Richard Barksdale.
    Harwell, Richard Barksdale.
    CORNERSTONES OF CONFEDERATE COLLECTING.

    Edition: Third limited edition, of 500 numbered copies, of which 100 were signed by the author.

    Charlottesville, VA: The University of Virginia Press for the Bibliographical Society of University of Virginia, (1982) 1953. Hardcover - Although this copy retains the title page of the second revised edition of 1953, it was actually published in Wendell, North Carolina in 1982. Includes a foreword by Clifford Dowdey, informative text and a checklist of the cornerstones followed by facsimiles of title pages. #5 out of 100 copies SIGNED and bound by hand, 35 pp plus 20 pp of facsimile title pages and colophon.

    Condition: Very near fine in wheat-colored cloth with pasted on title label on the spine, small illustration of a Confederate soldier on the front cover.

    Book ID: 35161
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  • A SEPARATE COUNTRY. by Hicks, Robert
    Hicks, Robert
    A SEPARATE COUNTRY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Grand Central Publishing, (2009) dj. Hardcover first edition - Novel set in New Orleans in the years following the Civil War, based on the true love story of Confederate General John Bell Hood and his wife, Anna Marie. Author's note. 424 pp. ISBN: 9780446581646.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 58161
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  • Hollandsworth, James G. Jr.
    THE LOUISIANA NATIVE GUARDS: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War.

    Edition: First printing.

    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A well-written and well-documented study of an unusual regiment - as seen in the broader context of the society in which it originated, of the racism that its members endured, and as an early civil rights movement. "The most comprehensive study of the role of the Native Guard in the Civil War, this is a tale of Confederate and Union indifference and hostility to the black men who volunteered their services. It is a story of Union commanders who placed black troops in the most exposed and vulnerable positions, who systematically purged the ranks of black line officers, and yet, who in weaker moments had to admit…

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    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, (1995.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A well-written and well-documented study of an unusual regiment - as seen in the broader context of the society in which it originated, of the racism that its members endured, and as an early civil rights movement. "The most comprehensive study of the role of the Native Guard in the Civil War, this is a tale of Confederate and Union indifference and hostility to the black men who volunteered their services. It is a story of Union commanders who placed black troops in the most exposed and vulnerable positions, who systematically purged the ranks of black line officers, and yet, who in weaker moments had to admit these black men acquitted themselves admirably on the battle fields." (historian Richard Blackett). Illustrated with photographs and maps. Bibliography, index. xiv, 140 pp. ISBN: 0-8071-19393.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 33118
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  • SOUTH WIND COME by Juarez, Tina.
    Juarez, Tina.
    SOUTH WIND COME

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    Houston, TX:' Arte Publico Press, 1998. First edition - A sequel to the author's award-winning 'Call No Man Master,' this weaves together real historical figures like Sam Houston, US Grant and Robert E. Lee with fiction. Continues the story of revolutionary Carmen Rangel and introduces her granddaughter, Teresa Sestos y Abrantes in a story set durign a volatile lime in Texan and Mexican history, recreating both the American Civil War and Mexico's continuing struggle for democracy. 286 pp. ISBN: 1-55885231X.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 70504
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  • AND STILL PEACE DID NOT COME: A Memoir of Reconciliation. by Kamara-Umunna, Agnes Fallah and Emily Holland
    Kamara-Umunna, Agnes Fallah and Emily Holland
    AND STILL PEACE DID NOT COME: A Memoir of Reconciliation.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Hyperion, (2011). Hardcover first edition - As a child Agnes Kamara-Umunna and her family fled Liberia in advance of the army of child soldiers led by Charles Turner. After years of exile, with the fighting seemingly over, she returned to Liberia, a country devastated by years of civil war with families torn apart and villages destroyed. She accepted a job at UN-run radio station and, as a 43-year-old single mother of four, she headed out to the ghettos of Monrovia and befriended these former child soldiers. One by one, as they spoke on her program, 'Straight from the Heart,' it seemed like reconciliation and forgiveness might be possible. This book is not only Agnes's memoir: it is…

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    New York: Hyperion, (2011). Hardcover first edition - As a child Agnes Kamara-Umunna and her family fled Liberia in advance of the army of child soldiers led by Charles Turner. After years of exile, with the fighting seemingly over, she returned to Liberia, a country devastated by years of civil war with families torn apart and villages destroyed. She accepted a job at UN-run radio station and, as a 43-year-old single mother of four, she headed out to the ghettos of Monrovia and befriended these former child soldiers. One by one, as they spoke on her program, 'Straight from the Heart,' it seemed like reconciliation and forgiveness might be possible. This book is not only Agnes's memoir: it is also a testimony to a nation's descent into the horrors of civil war and its subsequent rise out of the ashes. x, 302 pp. ISBN: 978-1401323578.

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    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 83331
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  • Kane, Harnett T.
    THE SMILING REBEL.

    Edition: First printing.

    Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1955. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel based on the life of Belle Boyd, the Civil War spy. SIGNED by the author with the words "Best wishes.

    Condition: Near fine in gray cloth with red lettering on the spine. Inscription. Flaps and back cover of dj tipped into rear of book.

    Book ID: 13800
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  • Madison, James, editor.
    INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, VOLUME LXXXV, Number 2, June 1989.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 1989. First edition - Articles on the Presidential campaign on 1936, General Lew Wallace and the battle of Cincinnati in 1962 and a Hoosier country doctor's medical ledger, 1911-1917. Book reviews.

    Condition: Fine in stiff red wrappers.

    Book ID: 19102
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  • Madison, James, editor.
    INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, VOLUME LXXXVII, Number 3, September 1991.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 1991. First edition - Includes an article on the distribution of Indiana's ethnic and racial minorities in 1850.

    Condition: Fine in stiff red wrappers.

    Book ID: 21423
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  • Madison, James, editor. (Merrily Pierce, contributor)
    'Luke Decker and Slavery' in INDIANA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, VOLUME LXXXV, Number 1, March 1989.

    Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

    Bloomington, IN: Indiana University, 1989. First edition - Also 'Governor James P. Goodrich and Russia' by Benjamin Rhodes and 'Civil War Letters of Daniel Wooten, the Metamorphosis of a Quaker Soldier' by Jacquelyn S. Nelson. Book reviews. 100 pages.

    Condition: Near fine in stiff red wrappers.

    Book ID: 19101
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  • HARRIET MARTINEAU AND AMERICA: Selected letters from the Reinhard S. Speck Collection. by Martineau, Harriet.
    Martineau, Harriet.
    HARRIET MARTINEAU AND AMERICA: Selected letters from the Reinhard S. Speck Collection.

    Edition: First printing.

    Berkeley, CA: Friends of the Bancroft Library, 1995. First edition - Keepsake No. 41. Focuses on Martineau's comments on America, from the time of her visit in 1834-36 - a visit which made her a strong proponent of immediate abolition of slavery - through and beyond the Civil War. Includes a foreword by Peter Hanff, edited and with an introduction and notes by R. A Burchell, a brief biography of Martineau and a chronology. Although Martineau in an introductory note to her autobiography explained why she wanted all of her letters destroyed and not published, fortunately not all of her correspondents followed this request. Frontispiece portrait. 119 pp.

    Condition: Fine in gray-blue wrappers (letter from the Bancroft laid-in.)

    Book ID: 34069
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  • SONG YET SUNG. by McBride, James.
    McBride, James.
    SONG YET SUNG.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Riverhead Books, (2008.). First edition - His third book, an historical novel of slavery set in the years just before the Civil War and inspired by the life of Harriet Tubman - a story of "slaves and slave-catchers, of facing the tyranny of the past and dreams of the future." In 2013, McBride won the National BookAward. 353 pp.

    Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers (as new).

    Book ID: 58786
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  • I SHALL BE NEAR TO YOU. by McCabe, Erin Lindsay.
    McCabe, Erin Lindsay.
    I SHALL BE NEAR TO YOU.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Crown, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, about a strong-willed woman who disguises herself as a man in order to fight beside her husband, Inspired by more than 250 documented accounts of the women who fought in the Civil War while disguised as men, but especially by the letters of the real Rosetta - Sarah Rosetta Wakeman. SIGNED on the title page. Author's note. 304 pp. ISBN: 978-0804137720.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 86995
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  • GHOST RIDERS. by McCrumb, Sharyn.
    McCrumb, Sharyn.
    GHOST RIDERS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Dutton, (2003) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel which juxtaposes the legends of the Civil War with modern day life in theAppalachian Mountains. ISBN: 0-525-947183.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72869
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  • Meier, August and Rudwick, Elliott M.
    FROM PLANTATION TO GHETTO: An Interpretive History of American Negroes.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Hill & Wang, 1968. Hardcover - Index, 280 pages.

    Condition: Some highlighting and notations, bookstore stamp, otherwise very good conditon in brown cloth covers.

    Book ID: 16475
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  • TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas by Melville, Herman.
    Melville, Herman.
    TYPEE: A Peep at Polynesian Life During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas

    Edition: First thus.

    West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company, 1962. Hardcover first edition - An attractive edition of this classic novel, based upon Melville's own experiences in 1842, when he and a companion jumped ship in the Marquesas. Designed by Bradbury Thompson, this limited edition features illustrations reproduced from the Iconographic Encyclopedia of Science, Literature, and Art, 1846. 324 pp plus final illustrations and colophon. Bound in quarter cowhide leather with the title stamped in gold over deorated paper boards. Slipcase reproduces the illustrations on the endpapers.

    Condition: Fine in very good slipcase (some toning to the slipcase) Signed presentation slip tipped onto front endpaper.

    Book ID: 67827
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  • Mitchell, Reid.
    THE VACANT CHAIR: The Northern Soldier Leaves Home.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket: ÔIn many ways, the Northern soldier in the Civil War fought as if he had never left home. On campsites and battlefields, the Union volunteer adapted to military life with attitudes shaped by networks of family relationships, in units of men from the same hometown. Understanding these links between the homes the troops left behind and the war they had to fight... offers critical insight into how they thought, fought, and perservered through four bloody years of combat.Õ Based on the letters, diaries, and memoirs of common soldiers, this shows Ôhow mid-nineteenth-century ideas and images of the home and family shaped the Union soldier's…

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    New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket: ÔIn many ways, the Northern soldier in the Civil War fought as if he had never left home. On campsites and battlefields, the Union volunteer adapted to military life with attitudes shaped by networks of family relationships, in units of men from the same hometown. Understanding these links between the homes the troops left behind and the war they had to fight... offers critical insight into how they thought, fought, and perservered through four bloody years of combat.Õ Based on the letters, diaries, and memoirs of common soldiers, this shows Ôhow mid-nineteenth-century ideas and images of the home and family shaped the Union soldier's approach to everything from military discipline to battlefield bravery. For hundreds of thousands of boys, as they called themselves, the Union army was an extension of their home and child hood experiences.Õ Illustrated with a frontispiece and a 16 page insert of photographs. Extensive notes, index, 201 pp. ISBN: 0-19-5078934.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 29315
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  • ISLAND OF A THOUSAND MIRRORS. by Munaweera, Nayomi.
    Munaweera, Nayomi.
    ISLAND OF A THOUSAND MIRRORS.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: St Martin's, (2014) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's award-winning first novel, set in Sri Lanka where she was born, during the civil war which tore that country apart. The story of two families - one Sinhala and one Tamil - and of the hopes and fears of a young woman in each of those families. Winner of the 2013 Commonwealth Book Prize for the Asian Region and longlisted for the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize. SIGNED on the title page and dated in the year of publication. 242 pp. ISBN: 978-1250043931.

    Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket. (toning to bottom edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 82382
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  • THE OLD MAN: John Brown at Harper's Ferry. by Nelson, Truman.
    Nelson, Truman.
    THE OLD MAN: John Brown at Harper's Ferry.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, (1973.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A biography in which "Nelson explodes the conventional dismissal of the subject as a fanatic, and presents him as America's greatest revolutionary, the organizer of a brilliant coup which eventually succeeded in beginning to overthrow and dismember proslavery control of the U.S. government." Illustrated with maps, reproductions of vintage woodcuts and photographs. 303 pp. ISBN: 0-03-0010519.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 55634
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  • COAL BLACK HORSE. by Olmstead, Robert.
    Olmstead, Robert.
    COAL BLACK HORSE.

    Edition: First printing.

    Chapel Hill, NC Algonquin Books 2007. dj. Hardcover first edition - When Robey Childs's mother has a premonition about her husband, a soldier fighting in the Civil War, she sends her only child, age fourteen to find his father on the battlefield and bring him home. But not far from home, his horse becomes hesitant and he realizes the magnitude of his task. It takes the gift of a powerful and noble coal black horse to show him how to undertake the most important journey of his life. 218 pp. ISBN: 1565125215.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (previous owners name)

    Book ID: 60758
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  • THE YANKEE MIDDY or, The Adventures of a Naval Officer: A Story of the Great Rebellion. by Optic, Oliver (pseudonym of William Taylor Adams, 1822-1897),
    Optic, Oliver (pseudonym of William Taylor Adams, 1822-1897),
    THE YANKEE MIDDY or, The Adventures of a Naval Officer: A Story of the Great Rebellion.

    Edition: Later printing.

    Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, (ca 1893, c 1865). Hardcover - The fourth volume of the Army and Navy series, set during the Civil War, and originally published in 1865. This traces the adventures of Jack Somers from the Naval Academy to his promotion to the rank of ensign. Frontispiece and illustrated title page. 333 pp. plus 4 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated dark teal boards with gilt lettering (gift inscription)

    Book ID: 83965
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  • BRAVE OLD SALT or, Life on the Quarter Deck: A Story of the Great Rebellion. by Optic, Oliver (pseudonym of William Taylor Adams, 1822-1897),
    Optic, Oliver (pseudonym of William Taylor Adams, 1822-1897),
    BRAVE OLD SALT or, Life on the Quarter Deck: A Story of the Great Rebellion.

    Edition: Vintage reprint.

    New York: Hurst and Company, (ca 1910, c 1866). Hardcover - The sixth and final volume of the Army and Navy series, set during the Civil War, and originally published in 1866. Frontispiece portrait of Taylor. 301 pp. plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Very good in illustrated yellow cloth boards with black lettering,orange panel, gilt lettering on the spine Gift inscription dated 1911. A very attractive copy.

    Book ID: 63112
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  • YOUNG LIEUTENANT or, The Adventures of an Army Officer: A Story of the Great Rebellion. by Optic, Oliver (pseudonym of William Taylor Adams, 1822-1897),
    Optic, Oliver (pseudonym of William Taylor Adams, 1822-1897),
    YOUNG LIEUTENANT or, The Adventures of an Army Officer: A Story of the Great Rebellion.

    Edition: Vintage reprint.

    New York: Hurst and Company, (ca 1910, c 1865). Hardcover - The third volume of the Army and Navy series, set during the Civil War, and originally published in 1866. Frontispiece portrait of Taylor. 301 pp. plus 2 pp of publisher's ads.

    Condition: Good overall in illustrated pale green boards with dark green and orange lettering and illustration (prev owner's name in pencil, tidemark to upper corner of front endpaper)

    Book ID: 67374
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  • Parke-Bernet Galleries and Edward Eberstadt
    AMERICAN HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS FROM THE STOCK OF EDWARD EBERSTADT & SONS, April 9, 1968. Sale Number 2682.

    Edition: First edition.

    New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1968. dj. Hardcover first edition - Auction catalogue listing 222 lots. Includes materials related to the California and Arizona missions, to the Civil War, to the Tennessee frontier settlements, Ross settlement in Texas, the Lewis and Clark expedition and more. Many black and white illustrations of items included in the auction. Index. 81 pp plus information on rates, etc. Prices realized laid in.

    Condition: Fine in green cover with gilt lettering on front and spine, chipping to original glassine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 32225
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  • SOLDIER'S HEART: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers. by Paulsen, Gary.
    Paulsen, Gary.
    SOLDIER'S HEART: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Delacorte, (1998) dj. Hardcover first edition - A short novel for older children. Based on a true story, this tells what the Civil War was like, battle by battle, for boys and young men like Charley - who was 15 and lied about his age in order to enlist. At the end of the Battle of Gettysburg only 47 out of the 1000 men in the 1st Minnesota were left standing. Author's note. Brief bibliography. 106 pages. ISBN: 0-385-324987.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 72714
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  • Paulsen, Gary.
    SOLDIER'S HEART: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Doubleday, (1998) dj. Hardcover - A short novel for older children. Based on a true story, this tells what the Civil War was like, battle by battle, for boys and young men like Charley - who was 15 and lied about his age in order to enlist. At the end of the Battle of Gettysburg only 47 out of the 1000 men in the 1st Minnesota were left standing. Author's note. Brief bibliography. 106 pages. ISBN: 0-385-324987.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 20862
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  • THE NANCIES. by Pearson, Sue.
    Pearson, Sue.
    THE NANCIES.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

    San Bernadino, CA: RHF Press, (2013). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, inspired by a true story. "They called themselves the 'Nancy Hart Militia', forty-six privileged and proper southern women who weren't looking for trouble, but were trained and ready should trouble come looking for them. The Civil War had taken away their men, and their way of life, but it wasn't going to take their town without a fight. And when that moment came, dressed in all their finery, bearing rifles, and armed with courage, they demonstrated the power of love in the face of fear. The Nancies follows the three Bull sisters - young Addie, tough Delia, and compassionate Sallie - through the tempest of…

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    San Bernadino, CA: RHF Press, (2013). SIGNED first edition - The author's first novel, inspired by a true story. "They called themselves the 'Nancy Hart Militia', forty-six privileged and proper southern women who weren't looking for trouble, but were trained and ready should trouble come looking for them. The Civil War had taken away their men, and their way of life, but it wasn't going to take their town without a fight. And when that moment came, dressed in all their finery, bearing rifles, and armed with courage, they demonstrated the power of love in the face of fear. The Nancies follows the three Bull sisters - young Addie, tough Delia, and compassionate Sallie - through the tempest of the Civil War." INSCRIBED on the first page of the text with the word "Courage!" Includes a note describing the actual events and the real characters on whom this novel was based. 254 pp. ISBN: 97-0615723617.

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    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 88968
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  • PINK AND SAY. by Polacco, Patricia.
    Polacco, Patricia.
    PINK AND SAY.

    Edition: The Kindness edition.

    New York: Philomel Books, n d (c 1994.) dj. Hardcover - Later printing of this classic story. "Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather." Illustrated throughout in full color, large format unpaginated. Rear endpapers have discussion questions. ISBN: 978-0399226717.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards in a fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 82783
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  • PINK Y SAY. by Polacco, Patricia , traduccion de Alejandra Lopez Varela
    Polacco, Patricia , traduccion de Alejandra Lopez Varela
    PINK Y SAY.

    Edition: 2nd printing.

    New York: Lectorum, (1997.). Hardcover - Spanish translation of this book. "Say Curtis describes his meeting with Pinkus Aylee, a black soldier, during the Civil War, and their capture by Southern troops. Based on a true story about the author's great-great-grandfather." LIBRO EN ESPANOL. Illustrated throughout in full color, large format unpaginated. ISBN: 1880507307.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated boards (prev owner's name.)

    Book ID: 50580
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  • THE KILLER ANGELS. by Shaara, Michael.
    Shaara, Michael.
    THE KILLER ANGELS.

    Edition: Later printing.

    New York: Random House, (1993) dj. Hardcover - 'A Novel About the Four Days of Gettysburg' - that is, the day leading up to the battle and the three days of the bloody battle itself - July 1-3, 1863. Originally published in 1974, this won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize, and also became a modern classic - considered one of the best novels ever written about the Civil War. Basis for the movie 'Gettysburg.' Maps and situation plans throughout the book. Foreword and an afterword. xix, 374 pp. Map endpapers. ISBN: 0-679-425411.

    Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

    Book ID: 77436
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