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The Coming Fury (The Centennial History of the Civil War #1)
by Bruce Catton
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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San Antonio, Texas, United States
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About This Item
The Coming Fury Hardcover Cloth 565 pages with index plus five maps and two graphs. Maps on endpapers. Condition Good NO Dust Jacket. Presumed First edition 1961. Lovely grey and pale blue boards with black and silver embossing shows off this tight and sound copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept with the usual shelf wear. Some stains to boards, bumped corners. Pages are lightly toned. Not an ex-library or remainder copy.
A good reading copy of this famous book.
The first volume of Bruce Catton's monumental Centennial History of the Civil War. A thrilling, page-turning piece of writing that describes the forces conspiring to tear apart the United States--with the disintegrating political processes and rising tempers finally erupting at Bull Run. "...a major work by a major writer, a superb re-creation of the twelve crucial months that opened the Civil War."--The New York Times.
The Coming Fury documents the initial progress of the conflict from the secession crisis triggered by the 1860 election results to the conclusion of First Bull Run. Picking up as it does in 1860 the book is a remarkable introduction to the U.S. Civil War, not least because of the engaging style that Catton brings to the field of popular history. Over sixty years after its publication, the book still holds up superbly, and retains a place on the list of essential Civil War reads.
Synopsis
History of the Civil War- Opening with the Democratic Convention in Charleston, April 1860 with an almost festive atmosphere, it closes with a nation torn apart by the first Battle of Bull Run.
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- Bookseller
- River House Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 657250
- Title
- The Coming Fury (The Centennial History of the Civil War #1)
- Author
- Bruce Catton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1961
- Pages
- 565
- Size
- octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Militaria; First Editions;
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I ship domestically in the US using the Post Office and internationally using consolidation services. Books are always wrapped then packed in cardboard boxes with padding to protect the contents. International shipments are double boxed with shipping paperwork attached to the outside of the box using a special envelope. And a complete duplicate of all the paperwork packed inside the outer box in case the attached set wanders off.
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