The Land We Love: A New Monthly Magazine Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts (5 issues, 1866-1867)
by Gen. D. H. [Daniel Harvey] Hill (editor)
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- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Charlotte, N.C.: Jas. P. Irwin & D. H. Hill, 1866. Soft cover. Fair. Five issues of The Land We Love. Condition varies from issue to issue (a few covers are detached; moderate amounts of edge and spine wear; some heavy soiling to covers; some interior damp stains). Each issue is approximately 75 pages. 9 x 5.75 inches. The Land We Love was an influential, post-Civil War magazine in the American South that ran from 1866 to 1869. The journal featured original stories and poetry, articles on military history, agriculture, and other topics, informing a Southern perspective. It was edited by the scholar and Confederate General, Daniel Harvey Hill (1821-1889), who also later served as the president of the University of Arkansas (1877-1884) and of the Military and Agricultural College of Milledgeville, Georgia (1885-1889). The five volumes: Vol. I, No. II (Jun 1866). Covers detached. Fair. Vol. I, No. III (Jul 1866). Fair. Vol. I. No. VI (Oct 1866). Includes the index for Vol. I. VG. Vol. II, No. I (Nov 1866). Front cover detached. Fair. Vol. II, No. IV (Feb 1867). Good. Many of the features appeared in serialized form, including Gen. D. H. Hill's s varied remembrances of the war, titled "The Haversack". Other miscellaneous pieces include Gen D. H. Hill's twelve page Report of the Battle of Chickamauga; Gen. Wade Hampton's Report of the Battle of Chickamauga; war recollection of College Hospital in Gettysburg; Wounding of Lieutenant-General T.J. Jackson; Sketch of Gen A. P. Hill (by a relative); a ten page article on "The Enterprise and Energy of the South"; original southern poetry (e.g. "Our Confederate Dead," "A One-Armed Soldier's Story," "The Land We Love") and fiction, including work by Fanny Downing and Margaret Junkin Preston; book reviews; correspondence; articles on southern agriculture and livestock; and profiles of Virginia homesteads (Belmead: CSA Gen. Philip St. George Cocke's residence; Vaucluse: Judge Abel P. Upshur's residence). Each issue concludes with several pages of advertising, typically but not limited to schools, academies, and hotels.
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- Bookseller
- Boyd Used & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011975
- Title
- The Land We Love: A New Monthly Magazine Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts (5 issues, 1866-1867)
- Author
- Gen. D. H. [Daniel Harvey] Hill (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Jas. P. Irwin & D. H. Hill
- Place of Publication
- Charlotte, N.C.
- Date Published
- 1866
- Keywords
- Civil War, periodical, history, Confederate States, Confederacy, American South, United States, Chickamauga, Fanny Downing, Margaret Junkin Preston, Philip St. George Cocke, Abel P. Upshur, agriculture, Daniel Harvey Hill,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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