Richard w osborn (4 risultati)

Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. red full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective brodart book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in very fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). illustrated endpapers. b&w frontis. illustration. xliv+238p.+ colophon. 4 b&w maps. 25 b&w illustrations. references. index. "The Journal And Letters Of Thomas Ward Osborn". biography. autobiography. memoirs. american history. american civil war. military history. ~ "Thomas Ward Osborn's journal turns Sherman's march into a Fiery Trail indeed, especially when it reaches the Carolinas. Students and buffs of the Civil War and historians of the Confederacy will find it indispensable.''~C. Vann Woodward. Major Thomas W. Osborn was chief of artillery in the Federal Army of the Tennessee. His journal and letters were written during Sherman's campaigns from Atlanta to Savannah and through the Carolinas. Osborn's eyewitness account of the Civil War is significant particularly for its dispassionate social commentary and for his insights into Generals W.T. Sherman and O.O. Howard. The major was, as his remarks attest, a keen observer of officers, of the army rank and file, and their areas of operation. He soberly recorded the devastation and the reasons for the campaign. He also reflected the antipathy toward South Carolina that prevailed among the men and their commanders, writing with a strange mixture of admiration and contempt. He was continually fascinated by the destruction~the actions of the "bummers," for example, and the recurring fires~yet his description remains objective, almost impersonal. The editors' notes, including excerpts from other contemporary accounts, perfectly complement Osborn's narrative.…

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. D.j., 238 pp., 26 illus., 4 maps, index. Osborn was chief of artillery in the Federal Army of Tennessee and his journals and letters were written during Sherman's campaign from Atlanta to Savannah and through the Carolinas.

Cloth. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st. D.j., 238 pp., 26 illus., 4 maps, index. Osborn was chief of artillery in the Federal Army of Tennessee and his journals and letters were written during Sherman's campaign from Atlanta to Savannah and through the Carolinas. Ed. & introd. by Richard Harwell & Philip Racins. …

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. Textured card (soft) covers with original cloth spine. Covers and edges toned with some mild staining to fore-edge. Spine lightly rubbed. Otherwise clean, tight, and unmarked. Very neat--a sound and handsome copy. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.