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A Gentleman and an Officer: A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
by Judith N. McArthur, Orville Vernon Burton; McPherson, James M. [Foreword]
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Like New/Like New
- ISBN 10
- 0195093119
- ISBN 13
- 9780195093117
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. First Edition. hardcover. Like New/Like New. 5x1x8. Black and White Illustrations. Inscribed by Author. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in green buckram cloth. Cover is plain with gilt lettering on the spine. In A Gentleman and an Officer, Judith N. McArthur and Orville Vernon Burton have collected eighty of Griffin's letters written at the Virginia front, and during later postings on the South Carolina coast, to his wife Leila Burt Griffin. Extraordinary in their breadth and volume, the letters encompass Griffin's entire Civil War service, detailing living conditions and military maneuvers, the jockeying for position among officers, and the different ways officers and enlisted men interacted during the Civil War. Unlike the reminiscences and biographies of high-ranking, well-known Confederate officers or studies and edited collections of letters of members of the rank and file, This collection sheds light on the life of a middle officer--a life turned upside down by extreme military hardship and complicated further by the continuing need for reassurance about personal valor and status common to men of the southern gentry. 362pp. Pictorial dustjacket.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are unmarked. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and textblock are tight. Dustjacket is unmarked. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Shelley and Son Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 071296
- Title
- A Gentleman and an Officer: A Military and Social History of James B. Griffin's Civil War
- Author
- Judith N. McArthur, Orville Vernon Burton; McPherson, James M. [Foreword]
- Illustrator
- Black and White Illustrations
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0195093119
- ISBN 13
- 9780195093117
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York / Oxford
- Date Published
- 1996
- Size
- 5x1x8
- Keywords
- Civil War, Union, Confederate, North, South
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War;
- X weight
- 22 oz
Terms of Sale
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I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
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Shelley and Son Books
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Hendersonville, North Carolina
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