Summer's Bloodiest Days: The Battle of Gettysburg As Told from All Sides
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Summer's Bloodiest Days: The Battle of Gettysburg As Told from All Sides
By: Jennifer L Weber
Foreword By: James M McPherson
Gettysburg expert Jennifer L Weber tells the story of the three day momentous battle through the voices of those who were there, a unique approach that makes this title stand out from all others.
Gripping eyewitness accounts, archival photographs, and dramatic artwork combine with the latest research to portray the Battle of Gettysburg from all sides—Yankees and Rebels, officers and foot soldiers, men and women, townspeople and outside observers.
Names such as Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Peach Orchard, and Pickett’s Charge take on new meaning as young readers learn about the incredible sacrifices made—often by soldiers still in their teens.
Maps specially created by National Geographic cartographers help us follow all the action of the vicious and complex battle, during which more than 50,000 people were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner.
Hardcover; 64 pages
ISBN: 978-1426307065
About the Author
Jennifer L Weber is a native of California who worked for several years in her home state as a journalist and political aide.
She received her Ph.D. in History from Princeton University in 2003, where she studied with James M. McPherson.
Dr. Weber’s principal interest is the Civil War, especially the seams where political, social and military history come together. She is also broadly interested in 19th century America and war and society.
Her book Copperheads, about antiwar Democrats in the Civil War North, was published in 2006.
About James M. McPherson
James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History Emeritus at Princeton University.
He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Civil War, and the New York Times bestselling Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam.
By: Jennifer L Weber
Foreword By: James M McPherson
Gettysburg expert Jennifer L Weber tells the story of the three day momentous battle through the voices of those who were there, a unique approach that makes this title stand out from all others.
Gripping eyewitness accounts, archival photographs, and dramatic artwork combine with the latest research to portray the Battle of Gettysburg from all sides—Yankees and Rebels, officers and foot soldiers, men and women, townspeople and outside observers.
Names such as Devil's Den, Little Round Top, the Peach Orchard, and Pickett’s Charge take on new meaning as young readers learn about the incredible sacrifices made—often by soldiers still in their teens.
Maps specially created by National Geographic cartographers help us follow all the action of the vicious and complex battle, during which more than 50,000 people were killed, wounded, or taken prisoner.
Hardcover; 64 pages
ISBN: 978-1426307065
About the Author
Jennifer L Weber is a native of California who worked for several years in her home state as a journalist and political aide.
She received her Ph.D. in History from Princeton University in 2003, where she studied with James M. McPherson.
Dr. Weber’s principal interest is the Civil War, especially the seams where political, social and military history come together. She is also broadly interested in 19th century America and war and society.
Her book Copperheads, about antiwar Democrats in the Civil War North, was published in 2006.
About James M. McPherson
James M. McPherson is the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History Emeritus at Princeton University.
He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis and the Confederate Civil War, and the New York Times bestselling Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam.