Civil War the Compact Edition: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg (Civil War Series)

Wiley, Bell Irvin (Editor) / David, William C. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1579120121 / ISBN 13: 9781579120122

Published by Black Dog & Leventhal Pub, 1998

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illustrated edition. 7.25x5.50x2.50 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Civil War the Compact Edition: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg (Civil War Series)
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1579120121
• ISBN 13: 9781579120122
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 1.45 kilograms

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Synopsis

Written and compiled by the nation's leading authorities, with nearly 2,000 photographs in each volume (many published only in these collections).

About the Authors

WILLIAM C. DAVIS is the director of programs at the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies and chief consultant for the AE television series Civil War Journal. Davis teaches history at Virginia Tech and lives in Virginia. 

The author of more than forty books, WILLIAM C. DAVIS is the director of programs at the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies. He is also chief consultant for the A&E television series Civil War Journal and teaches history at Virginia Tech.

Wiley was born in 1906 in Halls, Tennessee. He received an undergraduate degree from Asbury College and his MA from the University of Kentucky. He was awarded a Ph.D from Yale in 1933. He taught at Mississippi Southern College, the University of Mississippi, Louisiana State, and Emory University. He was a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow and a Guggenheim Fellow, and is best known for his writing on the Civil War. During World War II, Wiley served in the army.