Articoli correlati a A Gentleman and an Officer: A Social and Military History...
A Gentleman and an Officer: A Social and Military History of James B. Griffin's Civil War - Rilegato
This book is a collection of letters from James B. Griffin, a wealthy planter from Edgfield, South Carolina. With a strong introduction from the editors, this book recounts an officer's Civil War and provides a social and military history.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Riassunto" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
Recensione:
Judith N. McArthur is Lecturer in History at the University of Houston-Victoria and co-editor of Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas.
Orville Vernon Burton is Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author or editor of a number of books, including In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina.
a fresh and valuable insight into the war and Confederate life ... The book is well edited and guaranteed to be politically correct. (Contemporary Review, Vol. 271, No. 1581)
L'autore:
Judith N. McArthur is Lecturer in History at the University of Houston-Victoria and co-editor of Citizens at Last: The Woman Suffrage Movement in Texas.
Orville Vernon Burton is Professor of History and Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the author or editor of a number of books, including In My Father's House Are Many Mansions: Family and Community in Edgefield, South Carolina.
Le informazioni nella sezione "Su questo libro" possono far riferimento a edizioni diverse di questo titolo.
- EditoreOUP USA
- Data di pubblicazione1997
- ISBN 10 0195093119
- ISBN 13 9780195093117
- RilegaturaCopertina rigida
- Numero di pagine380
- RedattoreMcArthur Judith N., Burton Orville Vernon
- Valutazione libreria
Compra nuovo
Scopri di più su questo articolo
EUR 73,33
Spese di spedizione:
EUR 4,83
In U.S.A.
I migliori risultati di ricerca su AbeBooks
Foto dell'editore
A GENTLEMAN AND AN OFFICER: A MI
Editore:
Oxford University Press
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0195093119
ISBN 13: 9780195093117
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.49. Codice articolo Q-0195093119
Compra nuovo
EUR 73,33
Convertire valuta
Immagini fornite dal venditore
Gentleman and an Officer : A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
Editore:
Oxford University Press
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0195093119
ISBN 13: 9780195093117
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 5
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 67386-n
Compra nuovo
EUR 90,37
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
A Gentleman and an Officer: A Social and Military History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
Print on Demand
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo L1-9780195093117
Compra nuovo
EUR 92,89
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
A Gentleman and an Officer
Editore:
Oxford University Press
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0195093119
ISBN 13: 9780195093117
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: > 20
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. PRINT ON DEMAND Book; New; Fast Shipping from the UK. No. book. Codice articolo ria9780195093117_lsuk
Compra nuovo
EUR 85,15
Convertire valuta
Immagini fornite dal venditore
Gentleman and an Officer : A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
Editore:
Oxford University Press
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0195093119
ISBN 13: 9780195093117
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 5
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 67386-n
Compra nuovo
EUR 86,33
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
A Gentleman and an Officer: A Social and Military History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
Editore:
Oxford University Press Inc
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0195093119
ISBN 13: 9780195093117
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: > 20
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days. Codice articolo C9780195093117
Compra nuovo
EUR 103,22
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
A Gentleman and an Officer A Social and Military History of James B Griffin's Civil War
Editore:
Oxford University Press, USA
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0195093119
ISBN 13: 9780195093117
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: > 20
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro HRD. Condizione: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000. Codice articolo L1-9780195093117
Compra nuovo
EUR 89,04
Convertire valuta
Immagini fornite dal venditore
GENTLEMAN & AN OFFICER
Editore:
Oxford University Press
(1997)
ISBN 10: 0195093119
ISBN 13: 9780195093117
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: > 20
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. This book is a collection of letters from James B. Griffin, a wealthy planter from Edgfield, South Carolina. With a strong introduction from the editors, this book recounts an officer s Civil War and provides a social and military history.Klappente. Codice articolo 594391141
Compra nuovo
EUR 120,46
Convertire valuta
Foto dell'editore
A Gentleman and an Officer: A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
Editore:
Oxford University Press
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0195093119
ISBN 13: 9780195093117
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 19
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo ABLIING23Feb2215580031886
Compra nuovo
EUR 232,39
Convertire valuta
Immagini fornite dal venditore
A Gentleman and an Officer (Hardcover)
Editore:
Oxford University Press Inc, New York
(1997)
ISBN 10: 0195093119
ISBN 13: 9780195093117
Nuovo
Rilegato
Quantità: 1
Da:
Valutazione libreria
Descrizione libro Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. In 1861, James B. Griffin left Edgefield, South Carolina and rode off to Virginia to take up duty with the Confederate Army in a style that befitted a Southern gentleman: on a fine-blooded horse, with two slaves to wait on him, two trunks, and his favorite hunting dog. He was thirty-five years old, a wealthy planter, and the owner of sixty-one slaves when he joined Wade Hampton's elite Legion as a major of cavalry. He left behind seven children, the eldest onlytwelve, and a wife who was eight and a half months pregnant. As a field officer in a prestigious unit, the opportunities for fame and glory seemed limitless. Griffin, however, performed no daring acts, nordid he inspire great loyalty in his men. Instead, he unknowingly provided a unique and invaluable portrait of the Confederate officers who formed the core of Southern political, military, and business leadership. In A Gentleman and an Officer, Judith N. McArthur and Orville Vernon Burton have collected eighty of Griffin's letters written at the Virginia front, and during later postings on the South Carolina coast, to his wife Leila Burt Griffin. Extraordinary in theirbreadth and volume, the letters encompass Griffin's entire Civil War service, detailing living conditions and military maneuvers, the jockeying for position among officers, and the different ways officers andenlisted men interacted during the Civil War. Unlike the reminiscences and biographies of high-ranking, well-known Confederate officers or studies and edited collections of letters of members of the rank and file, this collection sheds light on the life of a middle officer--a life turned upside down by extreme military hardship and complicated further by the continuing need for reassurance about personal valor and status common to men of the southern gentry. In these letters, Griffin describessecret troop movements in various military actions such as the Hampton Legion's role in the Peninsula Campaign (details that would certainly have been censored in more recent wars). Here he relates themarch from Manassas to Fredricksburg, the siege of Yorktown and the retreat to Richmond, and the fighting at Eltham's landing and Seven Pines, where Griffin commanded the legion after Hampton was wounded. Throughout, as Griffin recounts these most extraordinary of times, he illuminates the most ordinary of day-to-day issues. One might expect to find a Confederate officer meditating on slavery, emancipation, or Lincoln. Instead, we are confronted by simple humanity and simple concerns, from theweather to gossip. Monumental historical events intruded on Griffin's life and sent him off to war, but his heartfelt considerations were about his family, his community, and his own personal pride.Ultimately, Griffin's letters present the Civil War as the refinery, the ordeal by fire, that tested and verified--or modified--Southern upperclass values. With a fascinating combination of military and social history, A Gentleman and an Officer moves from the beginning of the Civil War at Fort Sumter through the end of the war and Reconstruction, vividly illustrating how the issues of the Civil War were at once devastatingly national and revealingly local. This book is a collection of letters from James B. Griffin, a wealthy planter from Edgfield, South Carolina. With an introduction from the editors, this book recounts an officer's Civil War and provides a social and military history. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780195093117
Compra nuovo
EUR 275,83
Convertire valuta