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A world on fire : Britain's crucial role in the American Civil War / Amanda Foreman

By:

Foreman, Amanda, , 1968-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Random House , c2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: xxxix, 958 p., [39] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:

9780375504945

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

973.72 FOR

LOC classification:

E469 .F67 2010

Summary: Author and historian Foreman illustrates how heavily Great Britain and its citizens were involved in the American Civil War and in how many ways. Britain depended on the South for cotton and the South depended almost exclusively on the British for armament and ships--and thousands of British citizens volunteered to fight for the Union and the Confederacy. The author tells the stories of the battles, prison camps, and cities from their perspective in the form of letters, diaries, and journals. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	973.72 FOR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		041629

Originally published: London : Allen Lane, 2010. Subtitle varies.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [813]-916) and index.

Author and historian Foreman illustrates how heavily Great Britain and its citizens were involved in the American Civil War and in how many ways. Britain depended on the South for cotton and the South depended almost exclusively on the British for armament and ships--and thousands of British citizens volunteered to fight for the Union and the Confederacy. The author tells the stories of the battles, prison camps, and cities from their perspective in the form of letters, diaries, and journals. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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