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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Dorothy Denneen Volo; James M Volo
ISBN: 0313305161 9780313305160
OCLC Number: 38828075
Description: xviii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Pt. I. History, Politics, and Slavery. 1. The Historians' War. 2. Politics: The National Hobby. 3. The American Zion. 4. On Behalf of Southern Independence. 5. The Peculiar Institution: Slavery. 6. Abolition -- Pt. II. Soldiers' Lives. 7. Billy Yank and Johnny Reb. 8. Hardtack and Coffee. 9. Tenting Tonight: The Soldier's Life. 10. Tactics and Strategy. 11. Seeing the Elephant: The Realities of Life in Battle -- Pt. III. Civilians' Lives. 12. Be It Ever So Humble. 13. Leisure Time. 14. Feast or Famine: Food and Cooking. 15. The Look: Fashion and Women's Clothing. 16. Dressed for the Part: Men's, Children's, and Slaves' Clothing. 17. Elevating and Expanding the Young Mind. 18. Till the Mournful Night Is Gone: Death and Dying.
Series Title: The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series
Responsibility: Dorothy Denneen Volo and James M. Volo.

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