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Pub. Date
[2020].
Language
English
Description
"Featuring some of America's greatest writers and poets, this landmark anthology is a one-of-a-kind field guide to the American literary imagination. Americans have always been fascinated by birds and from the beginning American writers have captured this keen interest in a variety of genres: poems, journals, memoirs, short stories, essays, and travel accounts. Here literature professor and avid birder Andrew Rubenfeld, in collaboration with acclaimed...
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Editor Joseph Bilby has collected the biographies of 150 noteworthy New Jerseyans who participated in the Civil War, including heroes and villains, the famous and the forgotten. Favorite sons, including fearless Phil Kearny, are juxtaposed with schemers like Oliver "Pet" Halsted and his Intelligent Whale submarine. The bravery of common solders such as George Ashby is paired with the selflessness of nurses like Cornelia Hancock.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Five documentaries, employing re-enactments and historical photographs, and two feature films explore the life and times of Abraham Lincoln or the Civil War.
Lincoln, trial by fire: Lincoln, facing the crisis of a divided nation, was forced to turn for help to General George McClellan, who supported Southern positions on slavery and states' rights. The conflict between Lincoln and McClellan was intense from the start and before their uneasy partnership...
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