Prologue to Sumter: The Beginnings of the Civil War from the John Brown Raid to the Surrender of Fort Sumter

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Editor:  Philip Van Doren Stern
Publisher:  Indiana University Press, 1961
Series: Civil War Centennial Series, IUP
Binding:  hardcover
Condition:  fine/G
Price:  $40.00
ISBN:  Ø
CVB Inv:  00213

 

 

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Description:
A volume in a series of Civil War-era memoirs, reissued as the Civil War Centennial Series by Indiana University Press during 1957-1962.
A rare title.
Hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust jacket condition: good. Cover has very minor shelf wear to head and tail of spine; else, fine. Jacket is price-clipped; has minor chips and tears to head and tail of spine; spine slightly faded. Small octavo; 576 pp. Blue lettering on tan cloth boards. Book plate of previous owner on front board paper; embossed stamp of same person on ffep. Frontispiece b/w illustration of bombardment of Fort Sumter, from old lithograph. Numerous b/w illustrations. This text is what one might call a sourcebook, that is, it consists of excerpts from many primary sources on the Civil War, written by numerous authors. These excerpts have been “woven into a continuous narrative” by the editor.

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