The reader will find a truly masterful chronicle of the war itself-the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities-as well as McPherson's thoughtful commentary on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory.Ī must-have purchase for the legions of Civil War buffs, The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom is both a spectacularly beautiful volume and the definitive account of the most important conflict in our nation's history. The text itself, streamlined by McPherson, remains a fast-paced narrative that brilliantly captures two decades of contentious American history, from the Mexican War to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. More important, he has written extensive captions (some 35,000 words in all, virtually a book in themselves), many of which offer genuinely new information and interpretations that significantly enhance the text. McPherson 3.8 (10) Hardcover 99.
McPherson has selected all the illustrations, including rare contemporary photographs, period cartoons, etchings, woodcuts, and paintings, carefully choosing those that best illuminate the narrative. The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era by James M. Boasting some seven hundred pictures, including a hundred and fifty color images and twenty-four full-color maps, here is the ultimate gift book for everyone interested in American history. Since its publication in 1988, Battle Cry of Freedom has become the book on. Now available in a splendid new edition is The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom. The book's popularity and success transformed McPherson into a nationally. And The Los Angeles Times wrote that of the 50,000 books written on the Civil War, it is the finest compression of that national paroxysm ever fitted between two covers. The Washington Post called it the finest single volume on the war and its background. It was hailed in The New York Times as historical writing of the highest order. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History and a New York Times Bestseller, Battle Cry of Freedom is universally recognized as the definitive account of the Civil War. For a distinguished book of the year upon the history of the United States, Three thousand dollars (3,000).
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