This magnificent pictorial history portrays the Civil War asnever before, from the events leading to the firing of the firstshot at Fort Sumter, through the battles at Shiloh and Gettysburg,the siege of Vicksburg, Sherman's march to the sea, and Lee'ssurrender at Appomattox. 500 photos. 1 map, suitable forframing.
【作者简介】
Geoffrey C. Ward is the author of eleven books, including AFirst-Class Temperament, which won the 1989 National BookCritics Circle Award and the 1990 Francis Parkman Prize of theSociety of American Historians. He has written or co-written manydocumentary films, including The Civil War, Baseball,The West, Thomas Jefferson, Not for OurselvesAlone, and Jazz. He lives in New York City.
Ken Burns, founder of Florentine Films, is a director, producer,and writer who has been making documentaries for more than twentyyears. His landmark film The Civil Warwas the highest-ratedseries in the history of American public television, and his workhas won numerous prizes, including the Emmy and Peabody Awards. Helives in Walpole, New Hampshire.
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