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Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life
by Billings, John D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company. Fine with no dust jacket. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. First published in 1888, this book describes Billings' Civil War experiences. Historical introduction by Richard Harwell. Frontis portrait and additional illustrations throughout. A new volume of this series was published annually at Christmas since 1903. Blue publisher's cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine and emblem on front cover. Top edge gilt. Index. Previous owner name on front end paper and note that book was a gift from Gaylor Donnelley, else a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. ; Lakeside Classics Series; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 479 pages .
Synopsis
Hard Tack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life is a memoir by John D. Billings. Billings was a veteran of the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Artillery Battery in the American Civil War. Originally published in 1888, Hard Tack and Coffee quickly became a best seller, and is now considered one of the most important books written by a Civil War veteran.
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18491
- Title
- Hardtack and Coffee: The Unwritten Story of Army Life
- Author
- Billings, John D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lakeside Press/R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Civil War
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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