A Hoosier Regiment In Dixie - A History of the Thirty-eighth Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment

128 pgs., 6 1/4" x 9 1/4", Blue hardcover with black title etc on front cover & title on spine, SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page, at the inner hinge of the contents page is a slightly roughen area, small roughen area at top margin on pg. 91, content is clean, bright & tight with b/w photos & illus. including b/w maps, Nice white DJ with black title etc & author picture on rear cover, price is clipped, an unobstrusive faint mark of where price label was on front cover, INCLUDED are 3 items: FIRST ITEM is a typed note on a piece of lined paper (3 1/4" x 8 1/2") signed by author & dated 3/27/84 which is stampled to a xerox copy of the Dedication page from this book - all enclosed in a typed envelope with the imprint of the author's law firm with his signature above it. The author coveys in the note that Lt. Andrew J. McMonigle who's listed on the dedication page was his grandfather & that he grew up on stories of the 38th and that the other dedication is to his son whom was named Andrew namesake, Andy Funk, who travelled with him on his research. But, he died when he was 12. This was a special book for the author. SECOND ITEM is a small xerox copy of the publisher's ad for this book. THIRD ITEM is a xerox copy of a review for the book Man edited by Catherine H. Vanderslice which was reviewed by Robert D. Hoffsommer. This review discusses the author, Arville Funk's book & states that Funk emblishes his account with officer's reports, general orders, and participant's letters. In comparison, this time the history of the 38th Indiana narative is moving more smoothly.not good for our author of this book! Remember, this is just one man's opinion.…