Don't Know Much About the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned

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Harper Collins, 17 mars 2009 - 544 pages
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“Highly informative and entertaining…propels the reader light years beyond dull textbooks and Gone with the Wind.”
—San Francisco Chronicle

It has been 150 years since the opening salvo of America’s War Between the States. New York Times bestselling author Ken Davis tells us everything we never knew about our nation’s bloodiest conflict in Don’t Know Much About ® the Civil War—another fascinating and fun installment in his acclaimed series.

 

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Table des matières

Epigraph
The Wolf by the Ears
Firebell in the Night
TheEdge ofthe Precipice
InDixie Land Ill Take My Stand
Let Us Die to Make Men Free
The Great Task Remaining
Chapter 8
Appendices

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À propos de l'auteur (2009)

Kenneth C. Davis is the New York Times bestselling author of A Nation Rising; America's Hidden History; and Don't Know Much About® History, which spent thirty-five consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, sold more than 1.6 million copies, and gave rise to his phenomenal Don't Know Much About® series for adults and children. A resident of New York City and Dorset, Vermont, Davis frequently appears on national television and radio and has been a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. He blogs regularly at www.dontknowmuch.com.

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TitreDon't Know Much About the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned
Don't Know Much About Series
AuteurKenneth C. Davis
ÉditeurHarper Collins, 2009
ISBN0061806730, 9780061806735
Longueur544 pages
  
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