Author: George Templeton Strong. Edited by Allan Nevins.
Publisher: Macmillan, 1962
Binding: hardcover
Condition: VG/none
Price: $85.00
ISBN: Ø
CVB Inv: 00174
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Description:
Hardcover. Condition: very good. Dust jacket condition: no dust jacket. Rubbing and minor shelf wear head and tail of spine; corners slightly rubbed. Octavo; 664 pp. First printing stated. Gilt lettering on dark blue cloth boards; monogram of author on front cover. Bookplate of previous owner inside front board. Front endpapers show b/w engraving of Grand Army of the Republic on parade in Washington DC. Back endpapers show b/w photograph of steamboat U.S. Hospital. Illustrated throughout with historic b/w photographs. Binding and hinges sound. Clean copy, no markings. George T. Strong, 1820-1875 resident of New York City, was lawyer and co-founder of New York Sanitary Commission during Civil War. Beginning 1835, he diligently kept a diary throughout his life. This volume consists of excerpts from that diary from the period 1860-1865.
