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Civil War in Pictures by Fletcher Pratt ➤ Garden City Books 1955 Book Club Edition
Civil War in Pictures by Fletcher Pratt Garden City Books 1955 Book Club Edition
Title: Civil War in Pictures
Author: Fletcher Pratt
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City Books 1955
Edition: Book Club Edition
Size: 5.5 X 8.5 X 0.8 * 256 pages
Synopsis: Profusely illustrated with black-and-white drawings. "The war has now begun in earnest. The secession of Virginia; the attempts of the rebels to seize the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy-yard at Norfolk; the investment of Fort Pickens; the threatened seizure of the Federal Capitol by the rebels; the murder of Massachusetts men in Baltimore - these facts explain the situation without further comment. It is now not a question of slavery or anti-slavery. It is not even a question of union or disunion. The question simply is whether Northern men will fight." This was the way Harper's Weekly introduced the Civil War to its readers; and this is the way Fletcher Pratt re-creates, through actual eyewitness reports in picture and story, the five long years of bloodshed, turmoil, and tragedy which brought the nation through its gravest trial. Northern men fought. And Northern publications - principally Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and Harper's Weekly - sent great artists like Winslow Homer and A.R. Waud into the lines to cover the action. The camera had not yet come of age: Matthew Brady's photographs were largely unknown and could not be directly reproduced. The North's view of the War remained to be shaped on a hundred drawing boards from Baltimore to New Orleans. The combat artists came and went unimpeded, unwittingly to fix the standards of modern pictorial reportage. They made their sketches under fire, their final drawings in the hospitals, gunboats, and mess-tents when the bloody day's work was done. Covering the famous highlights and little-known sidelights of the War, their illustrations preserve the faulty judgment and partisan passions of the moment - and the courage and anguish and mortality of the moment as well. Set alongside original reports by the first professional war correspondents, these 300 rare illustrations call up the raids and riots; the ruin at Manassas Junction; McClellan's reluctance and the Mud Campaign; the ironclad's foray and the sniper's deathwatch; Jackson and Sherman like a knife through the rear areas; Pinkerton's coups, Lee's mastery, Lincoln's "last" general; the private war in the Red River's backwashes; the massed heroics at Gettysburg, Shiloh, and Lookout Mountain. With Fletcher Pratt's crisp commentary weaving pictures and stories into a five-year dramatic whole, this big handsome volume restores to the Civil War a continuity, a visual excitement, a sense of reality it has long since lost in the retelling." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.
Overall Condition: Very good: This book looks new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no damage to the cover the dust jacket, with slight wear, is included. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins; see images.
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Title: Civil War in Pictures
Author: Fletcher Pratt
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Garden City Books 1955
Edition: Book Club Edition
Size: 5.5 X 8.5 X 0.8 * 256 pages
Synopsis: Profusely illustrated with black-and-white drawings. "The war has now begun in earnest. The secession of Virginia; the attempts of the rebels to seize the Arsenal at Harper's Ferry and the Navy-yard at Norfolk; the investment of Fort Pickens; the threatened seizure of the Federal Capitol by the rebels; the murder of Massachusetts men in Baltimore - these facts explain the situation without further comment. It is now not a question of slavery or anti-slavery. It is not even a question of union or disunion. The question simply is whether Northern men will fight." This was the way Harper's Weekly introduced the Civil War to its readers; and this is the way Fletcher Pratt re-creates, through actual eyewitness reports in picture and story, the five long years of bloodshed, turmoil, and tragedy which brought the nation through its gravest trial. Northern men fought. And Northern publications - principally Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper and Harper's Weekly - sent great artists like Winslow Homer and A.R. Waud into the lines to cover the action. The camera had not yet come of age: Matthew Brady's photographs were largely unknown and could not be directly reproduced. The North's view of the War remained to be shaped on a hundred drawing boards from Baltimore to New Orleans. The combat artists came and went unimpeded, unwittingly to fix the standards of modern pictorial reportage. They made their sketches under fire, their final drawings in the hospitals, gunboats, and mess-tents when the bloody day's work was done. Covering the famous highlights and little-known sidelights of the War, their illustrations preserve the faulty judgment and partisan passions of the moment - and the courage and anguish and mortality of the moment as well. Set alongside original reports by the first professional war correspondents, these 300 rare illustrations call up the raids and riots; the ruin at Manassas Junction; McClellan's reluctance and the Mud Campaign; the ironclad's foray and the sniper's deathwatch; Jackson and Sherman like a knife through the rear areas; Pinkerton's coups, Lee's mastery, Lincoln's "last" general; the private war in the Red River's backwashes; the massed heroics at Gettysburg, Shiloh, and Lookout Mountain. With Fletcher Pratt's crisp commentary weaving pictures and stories into a five-year dramatic whole, this big handsome volume restores to the Civil War a continuity, a visual excitement, a sense of reality it has long since lost in the retelling." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.
Overall Condition: Very good: This book looks new and has been read but is in excellent condition. There is no damage to the cover the dust jacket, with slight wear, is included. There are no missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins; see images.
Secure shipping bubble-wrapped in a new box.
2026--U.S. shipping for this (Two Pounds Media Mail) is $5.13 with tracking.
Multiple items will be combined for the lowest shipping price.
International Shipping cost is based on the destination so inquire before buying. Mobile users must scroll to the bottom and click on 'use desktop site' to bring up the Ask a Question link which sends me an email.
(PLEASE CONTACT ME BEFORE MAKING ANY PAYMENT FROM OUTSIDE THE U.S.)
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Just about all the books are USED books. Some have been used more gently than others. Some have been in libraries and have typical library extras. Some are so old and/or interesting that they are being offered for the sake of preservation regardless of the condition they are in. If the condition of the book is very important to you, please feel free to click the 'Ask seller a question' link and I will tell you more.
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