![]() ![]() Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Phoebe Roberts Congratulations on your award, from a fellow lover of books James McPherson Princeton February 28, 1989." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Octavo, original blue cloth, illustrated. Listed on Modern Library's 100 great nonfiction books of the twentieth century.įirst edition, early printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. The standard one-volume history of the Civil War. ![]() ![]() This "new birth of freedom," as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war, slavery, and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. The South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. The book's title "Battle Cry of Freedom" refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "To Philip Jonsson warm regards from Jim McPherson." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. First edition, early printing of the author's Pulitzer Prize-winning work. ![]()
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