A Philadelphia Perspective: The Civil War Diary of Sidney George Fisher
An aristocratic member of a prominent Philadelphia family, Sidney George Fisher (1809?1871) was a prolific man of letters. Between 1834 and 1871, he kept a detailed diary that chronicled not only daily life in America's second city but also the key political, social, and cultural events of the nineteenth century. Published in 1967, Fisher's diary quickly became one of the most remarkable works of its kind; few published diaries are as incisive and illuminating of their era. Brilliant journalism, the Diary is rich with Fisher's own observations?on secession, war and peace, his admiration for Lincoln, and his complicated feelings about slavery…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8232-2727-3
- EAN: 9780823227273
- Produktnummer: 2714550
- Verlag: Fordham Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 294 S.
- Masse: H23.1 cm x B15.5 cm x D2.3 cm 522 g
- Gewicht: 522
Über den Autor
Jonathan W. White is an assistant professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University, in Newport News, Virginia. He is the author of Abraham Lincoln and Treason in the Civil War: The Trials of John Merryman (Louisiana State University Press, 2011), and has another book, titled To Aid Their Rebel Friends: Politics and Treason in the Civil War North, under contract with LSU Press. White has published A Philadelphia Perspective:The Civil War Diary of Sidney George Fisher (Fordham University Press, 2007) and articles in Civil War History, American Nineteenth Century History, Ohio Valley History, and the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography.
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