About this Item
Pages clean and unmarked; cover and spine unblemished with exception of green scrape mark on front cover; dust jacket has minor rolling at bottom of spine. The dj is in a mylar jacket. This is a great one-volume reference for the Civil War. New at $40.00. Seller Inventory # 000117
Bibliographic Details
Title: Longest Night
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Visse, Lee Vande
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
About this title
Yet the real strength of The Longest Night is its intricate detail. Although few readers probably want to know how many different types of bronze smoothbore mortars were used in battle (11, according to Eicher), other facts and figures are fresh and fascinating: "Of the 246,712 wounded treated in Federal hospitals during the war, 922 causes were reported as traceable to wounds from edged weapons of any kind [i.e., swords, knives, and bayonets]. Most of those resulted from personal arguments or use by camp guards rather than by fighting on the field." The bulk of the book is chronological retelling of the war, starting with Fort Sumter and ending with the death of President Lincoln and the various Confederate surrenders. It is a strong entry on a subject that continues to fascinate readers everywhere. --John Miller
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