The Civil War : some strange and fascinating facts
Wonderfully entertaining look at some intriguing oddities, unusual incidents, and colorful personalities connected with the Civil War. Includes 25 names the war was known by, personal quirks of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and more.
"Wonderfully entertaining look at some intriguing oddities, unusual incidents, and colorful personalities connected with the Civil War. Includes 25 names the war was known by, personal quirks of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and more."@en
"Wonderfully entertaining look at some intriguing oddities, unusual incidents, and colorful personalities connected with the Civil War. Includes 25 names the war was known by, personal quirks of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and more."
"This almanac, capped with extraordinary humor and surprise, is the resultof a lifetime of reading and writing about the Civil War. The author collected rare incidents and facts that struck his fancy thus resulting in awonderfully entertaining look at the personalities and changes of an entire epoch."@en
"A panorama of facts, anecdotes and legends about many aspects of the Civil War."
"A panorama of facts, anecdotes and legends about many aspects of the Civil War."@en
"The author provides fresh insight into the minds of, among others, Robert E. Lee, who liked to have his feet tickled when he read aloud to his children, and into the curious world of Stonewall Jackson, who 'was comfortable only when in a bolt upright position, when his organs held naturally on atop another.'."@en
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