CIVIL WAR IN PICTURES by Fletcher Pratt
Product Description
"Civil War in Pictures" by Fletcher Pratt is simply one of the nicest pictorial history books ever written about the Civil War. It makes a wonderful textbook for teaching children about the Civil War, too!
In the preface, Fletcher Pratt gives the following summary:
"This is a book about the Civil War by the people who saw it and lived it. It is a compilation, mainly from the files of Harper Weekly, but also with a good deal of material from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, of on-the-spot reports and drawings of what happened during the greatest of American conflicts and of the popular conception of the importance of the events of the war."
This 256 page hardback book has a copyright date of 1955 and was published by Garden City Books. It does not have its original dust jacket, but otherwise, it is in excellent condition.
In the preface, Fletcher Pratt gives the following summary:
"This is a book about the Civil War by the people who saw it and lived it. It is a compilation, mainly from the files of Harper Weekly, but also with a good deal of material from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, of on-the-spot reports and drawings of what happened during the greatest of American conflicts and of the popular conception of the importance of the events of the war."
This 256 page hardback book has a copyright date of 1955 and was published by Garden City Books. It does not have its original dust jacket, but otherwise, it is in excellent condition.