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The Cormany Diaries : A Northern Family in the Civil War
by Mohr, James C. (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used; Like New/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0822934477
- ISBN 13
- 9780822934479
- Seller
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Haines City, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982. Believed First. Hard Cover. Used; Like New/Fine. Rich blue cloth boards have the decorative initials of the subject/authors embossed in red on the front, with silver titles on the spine; 597 pp. with thorough index. The individual diaries of a man and his wife provide unique insight into the experiences of a northern family during the Civil War. Rachel Bowman and Samuel Cormany started their diaries when they met in college. During the war she was left alone with a baby in Chambersburg, Pa.; she writes of her anxieties, poverty, and loneliness. Samuel enlisted in a cavalry unit and became an ambitious soldier, excited by the military engagements that involved him. The book is edited to alternately present the voices of the wife and her husband.
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- Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- HBBK02442
- Title
- The Cormany Diaries : A Northern Family in the Civil War
- Author
- Mohr, James C. (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- New Used; Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Believed First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0822934477
- ISBN 13
- 9780822934479
- Publisher
- University of Pittsburgh Press
- Place of Publication
- Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- UNITED STATES HISTORY CIVIL WAR 1861 1865 PERSONAL NARRATIVES PERIOD 1850 1877
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- Reference and Textbooks;
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