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S'està carregant… Battle Cry of Freedom: Volume 1de James M. McPherson
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Every single time I start to write a review for Battle Cry for Freedom I come up with the same word - "comprehensive". It seems as if everyone and their brother uses this same word when writing a review. I guess it's appropriate because it definitely fits. Said another way: if the era, the climate of the times before, during and after the Civil War was an inanimate object it's as if McPherson studied it from every possible angle; getting on his knees, using a ladder to stand over it, circling around and around it to describe every little thing he sees, careful to leave not a single observation out. The end result is a comprehensive (there's that word again) view of what our fledgling country looked like. You'll meet Fire Eaters, Know Nothings, Butternuts, Copperheads, Knights of the Golden Circle, Whigs and the Free Soil Party in addition to the usual suspects like Robert E. Lee, Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis and John Brown, just to name a few. You'll see the country from an early economic and sociological standpoint. Industry and religion find their way into patriotism and what it meant to be independent. ( ) Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Abraham Lincoln wondered whether "in a free government the minority have the right to break up the government." Jefferson Davis felt "forced to take up arms" to guarantee his states' rights. McPherson merges the words of these men and other political luminaries, housewives, and soldiers from both armies with his own concise analysis of the war to create a story as compelling as any novel. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)973.7History and Geography North America United States Administration of Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 Civil WarLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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