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100	1		_aMcPherson, James M.
245	1	0	_aBattle cry of freedom _b: the Civil War era _c/ James M. McPherson
260			_aNew York _b: Oxford University Press _c, c1988.
300			_a904 p. _b: ill., maps. _c; 24 cm.
504			_aIncludes index.
520			_aAbraham Lincoln wondered whether "in a free government the minority have the right to break up the government." Jefferson Davis felt "forced to take up arms" to guarantee his states' rights. McPherson merges the words of these men and other political luminaries, housewives, and soldiers from both armies with his own concise analysis of the war to create a story as compelling as any novel. This vividly traces how a new nation was forged when a war both sides were sure would amount to little dragged for four years and cost more American lives than all other wars combined.
586			_aWinner of the Pulitzer Prize.
651		4	_aUnited States _x-History _y-Civil war, 1861-1865
942			_cMO
999			_c255837 _d255837