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Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton brings power and drama to this tightly packed chronicle of the struggle of the blue and the gray. A Short History of the Civil War is a superb introduction to the events, the people, and the politics that shaped this war. But it is also a great refresher course on a tragic chapter in our nation's history, filled with the suspense of great fiction and the insights of expert reporting.
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Details the effect of the war on all Americans. You'll learn how armies were recruited, equipped, and trained. You'll learn about the hard lot of prisoners. You'll hear how soldiers on both sides dealt with the rigors of camp life, campaigns, and the terror of combat. You'll understand how slaves and their falling masters responded to the advancing war. And you will see the desperate price paid by the families so many left behind.
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