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A worse place than hell : how the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg changed a nation / John Matteson.
"In December 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and threatened to break apart Abraham Lincoln's government. Five extraordinary individuals experienced Fredericksburg's cataclysmic repercussions -- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, John Pelham, and Arthur Fuller. Guided by duty, driven by desire, they moved toward lofty destinies: a young Harvard intellectual steeped in courageous ideals, a gay Brooklyn poet condemned by guardians of propriety, a struggling writer desperate to serve the cause and gain her philosopher father's admiration, a West Point cadet from Alabama excelling in artillery tactics, and a one-eyed minister seeking to prove his manhood. Because of what they saw and suffered, America, too, would never be the same."-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393247077
- ISBN: 0393247074
- Physical Description: xvii, 510 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The poet's son -- The blond artillerist -- Burnside's bridge and a Broadway bar -- An army in crisis -- A man of God -- "The most beautiful girl runner" -- "Beauty" and "Sallie" -- "Believe me, we shall never lick 'em" -- Caroline Street -- Pelham does first rate -- The stone wall -- Southbound trains -- "A worse place than hell" -- The prince of patients -- "Death itself has lost all its terrors" -- "Our fearful journey home" -- The song of the hermit thrush -- St. Patrick's Day, 1863 -- "The duty of fighting has ceased for me" -- "To act with enthusiasm and faith." |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| North Kansas City Public Library | 973.733 MATTESON 2021 (Text) | 0001002434965 | Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Crawford County Library-Bourbon | 973.7 MAT (Text) | 33431000559276 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Jefferson County Library-Windsor | 973.733 MATTESON (Text) | 30065010116611 | Non-Fiction | Available | - |
| Lebanon-Laclede County Library | 973.7 Matteson (Text) | 3803744504 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | 973.733 MATTESON (Text) | 2004588284 | Non-Fiction Shelves | Available | - |
| Morgan County Library | 973.73 MAT (Text) | 35319000139223 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Hermann | 973.733 MAT (Text) | 3007255570 | NonFiction | Available | - |
| Scenic Regional-Warrenton | 973.733 MAT (Text) | 3007255589 | New NonFiction | Available | - |
| St. Joseph - East Hills Library | 973.733 MAT (Text) | 32002005528573 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Trails Regional-Lexington | 973.733 MAT (Text) | 2205112671 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |
