Why the Civil War
by Eisenschiml, Otto
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- fair to good
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc, 1958. First Edition. First Printing. fair to good. 208 pages. Notes, bibliography, index, pp. 7-10 creased, bookplate ins fr bd, some wear spine edges/board corners. Signed by the author. This book does not focus on the campaigns and battles of the Civil War. Rather, the author considers whether the war was irrepressible, whether Lincoln sincerely tried to avert war, whether the bloodless bombardment of Fort Sumter necessarily precipitated civil war, and other topics.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41641
- Title
- Why the Civil War
- Author
- Eisenschiml, Otto
- Book Condition
- Used - fair to good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition. First Printing
- Publisher
- Bobbs-Merrill Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Indianapolis, IN
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Confederacy, Fort Sumter, Robert Anderson, Fort Pickens, William Seward, Signed, Secession
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