The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve - Softcover

Altsheler, Joseph A.

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9781530109609: The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve

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ISBN 10: 1530109604 ISBN 13: 9781530109609

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

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Joseph A. Altsheler was well known at the turn of the century for writing historical fiction that focused on action and adventure, frontier life, and war stories based on the Civil War. Altsheler’s books have been historically popular among young readers and adults alike.

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Joseph Alexander Altsheler (1862 –1919) was an American author of popular juvenile historical fiction. Altsheler was born in Three Springs, Hart County, Kentucky to Joseph and Louise (Snoddy) Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at the Louisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the New York World in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the World's tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine. Altsheler married Sarah Boles on May 30, 1888, and had one son. He and his family were in Germany when World War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.

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