Touched With Fire: Civil War Letters and Diary of Oliver Wendell Holmes (The North's Civil War, 12) - Softcover

De Wolfe Howe, Mark

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9780823220175: Touched With Fire: Civil War Letters and Diary of Oliver Wendell Holmes (The North's Civil War, 12)
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ISBN 10: 0823220176 ISBN 13: 9780823220175
Publisher: Fordham University Press, 2000

Synopsis

Holmes’s wartime letters and diary entries have attracted students of war as well as biographers of Holmes as rare glimpses into the mind and heart of a soldier who withstood the great slaughter.

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About the Author

Mark DeWolfe Howe was an American editor, author and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1925 for his piece Barrett Wendell and His Letters. He was secretary to Mr. Justice Holmes from 1933 – 1943. He was Holmes’s biographer and had access to the entirety of his correspondence and personal papers. He was additionally the associate editor of Youth’s Companion from 1888 – 1893 and was the assistant editor of Atlantic Monthly from 1893 – 1985. His has seventeen publications including Shadows, American Bookmen, and Classic Shades. He also edited several books including The Memory of Lincoln and The Beacon Biographies.

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Publisher
Fordham University Press
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0823220176
ISBN 13 
9780823220175
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
158
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  • 3.88 out of 5 stars
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