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Published by Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1992
ISBN 10: 080711801XISBN 13: 9780807118016
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.3.
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Published by Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, ()., 1992
Seller: Lighthouse Books, ABAA, Dade City, FL, U.S.A.
Octavo, softbound (slick, full-color illus. stiff black & gold wrappers), ix, 408 pp. Fine. From lower cover: Joseph H. Park's full-scale biography of General Leonidas Polk, first published in 1962, presents the story of a man whose deeds of peace were no less than his feats of war. Born in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 1806, Polk attended West Point, where he became a friend of Jefferson Davis. Turning from the military to the ministry after graduation, Polk won the praise of the Episcopal church for his abilities in directing and organizing and was eventually commissioned missionary bishop of the Southwest. He was also the founder of the University of the South, in Sewanee, Tennessee. So great was belief in the cause of the South -- that each state was independent and could secede if it chose -- that with the approach of the Civil War Polk announced the secession of his diocese, left his Louisiana bishopric and episcopacy, and "buckled the sword over the gown." He accepted appointment as major general in the Provisional Army of the Confederacy in late June, 1861, and was assigned to command Department No. 2, with headquarters at Memphis. He soon led his forces into Kentucky and occupied Columbus. When Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard were assigned to the West, Polk became subordinate to them. He commanded a corps at Shiloh, a wing in the Kentucky campaign, a corps at Stones River, and a wing at Chickamauga. Disagreement with General Braxton Bragg after Chickamauga resulted in Polk's relief from command in the Army of Tennessee and his transfer to Mississippi. When Joseph E. Johnston succeeded Bragg in north Georgia, Polk's forces were ordered to his assistance. The bishop-general was killed at Pine Mountain on June 14, 1864. Civil War, War between the States, Military History, American Biography, Americana, U.S.-iana, U. S. History, American History. bslic.
Published by Louisiana State University Press
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Hardcover with DJ. Maroon cloth over boards. Title page not dated; copyright page dated 1962. 408 pages. Fair condition. DJ is maroon with a picture of General Polk on the front cover. DJ is protected by a Brodart cover. Shows signs of shelf wear; slight rubbing to the cloth covers on the bottom edges. Appears to be some water damage to the outer edges of the pages. Damage does not extend into the text block. Ex-library book from the Fairfax County Public Library of Fairfax, Virginia. Rubber stamps on the title page, copyright page, rear free end paper and rear inside cover have been crossed out with blue marker. Black and white photographs throughout.
Published by Louisiana State University Press, 1962
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.
Published by Louisiana State University Press
Seller: Southern Maryland Books, Waldorf, MD, U.S.A.
unknown_binding. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Minor cover wear. Clean unmarked text. Tight binding. ** WE SHIP DAILY (Mon-Fri) ** Free Tracking Information.
Published by Louisiana State University Press
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.75.
Published by Louisiana State University Press (1962), (Baton Rouge), 1962
Seller: Old New York Book Shop, ABAA, Atlanta, GA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition. 408p octavo, illustrated. A very good copy in a chipped dust jacket with a V chip at the base of the spine. Long non-authorial inscription on the front inside panel.
Published by Louisiana State University Press, c.1962,, 1962
Seller: Harry Alter, Sylva, NC, U.S.A.
hardcover, Condition: Good, Louisiana State University Press, c.1962, 8vo., cloth, 408pp., foxed foredges, a little mustiness, G/G $.
Published by Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1962
Seller: Americana Books, ABAA, Stone Mt, GA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: fair. Octavo. [5], 408 pages. Illustrated. Burgundy cloth hardcover with gilt signature on the front cover and gilt title on the spine. Illustrated dust jacket. Jacket in fair condition only with a long tape repair on the back side and a few stains. Small closed edge tear and creases to the jacket. Hardcover in very good condition. T Conn Bryan's copy with a review slip laid inside the front cover and his name on the right front flyleaf. Bryan was a Georgia author and historian. Tall Cotton 141; Nevins II page 80.
First Edition
PARKS, Joseph H. General Leonidas Polk C.S.A. The Fighting Bishop. N.p. (1962). 1st ed. Illus. 408pp. Fine in orig. cloth in nonpriceclipped d/j.
Published by Louisiana State University Press, LA, 1962
Seller: Battleground Books, Yorktown, VA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Louisiana State University Press, LA. A biography of the Episcopalian Bishop and Confederate General. Polk, a West Point graduate and friend of Jefferson Davis, resigned his commission right after graduation to enter the clergy. At the outbreak of the Civil War he was made a Major General and sent to the Western Theater. He fought at Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga and was killed in action in the Atlanta Campaign. An In Tall Cotton title. Very good copy of the first edition in a good+ dust jacket. The dust jacket has a little shelf wear on the spine. 408 pages.
Published by Louisiana State University Press,, 1962
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Hardcover. Condition: VG-. Dust Jacket Condition: G+. SIGNED, inscribed to previous owner by Parks. Dark-red cloth covers bright, w/minor edgewear; gilt lettering crisp, unfaded. Textblock edges, endpapers, and some pages foxed. DJ worn with chipping, short edge tears, foxing on both front and reverse. 408 pages with index, frontis of Polk, additional illustrations. A native of Raleigh, Polk attended West Point, later serving as Louisiana's first Episcopal bishop and founder of "Sewanee". He was a strong advocate of secession, commanding a corps at Shiloh and troops at Chickamauga. ; ; Signed by Author.