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- catalog abstract ""For countless readers, the books of Bell Irvin Wiley (1906-1980) remain a high-water mark in historical writing on the American Civil War. The Life of Billy Yank, The Life of Johnny Reb, The Road to Appomattox, Southern Negroes, 1861-1865, all are classics in the field, and Wiley's influence on contemporary Civil War scholarship has been immeasurable. The Bell Irvin Wiley Reader offers for the first time many lesser known and unpublished writings of this eminent historian and provides an intimate portrait of the man Life magazine once hailed as "the nation's foremost authority of soldier life during the Civil War."" "With previously unpublished family photographs and a complete bibliography of Wiley's books and articles, The Bell Irvin Wiley Reader will fascinate all Civil War enthusiasts, introduction new readers to and reacquaint old friends with the life and works of this unsurpassed scholar."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12027286.
- catalog contributor b12027287.
- catalog contributor b12027288.
- catalog contributor b12027289.
- catalog coverage "Confederate States of America History.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Historiography.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
- catalog coverage "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""For countless readers, the books of Bell Irvin Wiley (1906-1980) remain a high-water mark in historical writing on the American Civil War. The Life of Billy Yank, The Life of Johnny Reb, The Road to Appomattox, Southern Negroes, 1861-1865, all are classics in the field, and Wiley's influence on contemporary Civil War scholarship has been immeasurable. The Bell Irvin Wiley Reader offers for the first time many lesser known and unpublished writings of this eminent historian and provides an intimate portrait of the man Life magazine once hailed as "the nation's foremost authority of soldier life during the Civil War.""".
- catalog description ""With previously unpublished family photographs and a complete bibliography of Wiley's books and articles, The Bell Irvin Wiley Reader will fascinate all Civil War enthusiasts, introduction new readers to and reacquaint old friends with the life and works of this unsurpassed scholar."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-324) and index.".
- catalog description "The road to war -- What kind of war? -- The South goes confederate -- A portrait of plain Americans -- Lincoln, plain man of the people -- A time of greatness -- The memorable war -- Life on the Confederate home front -- A Southerner's view of Sherman and his march -- Lincoln and Lee -- The collapse of the Confederacy -- American history and racial understanding -- The common soldiers of the Civil War -- An interview with Bell Irvin Wiley -- Biography of a book -- Historians and the National Register -- Formula for greatness -- Why teach the Civil War? -- A Bell Irvin Wiley final exam : History 251 -- Personal documents : the heart of history.".
- catalog extent "x, 332 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0807125792 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Confederate States of America History.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Historiography.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects.".
- catalog spatial "United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.".
- catalog subject "973.7 21".
- catalog subject "E468 .W73 2001".
- catalog tableOfContents "The road to war -- What kind of war? -- The South goes confederate -- A portrait of plain Americans -- Lincoln, plain man of the people -- A time of greatness -- The memorable war -- Life on the Confederate home front -- A Southerner's view of Sherman and his march -- Lincoln and Lee -- The collapse of the Confederacy -- American history and racial understanding -- The common soldiers of the Civil War -- An interview with Bell Irvin Wiley -- Biography of a book -- Historians and the National Register -- Formula for greatness -- Why teach the Civil War? -- A Bell Irvin Wiley final exam : History 251 -- Personal documents : the heart of history.".
- catalog title "The Bell Irvin Wiley reader / edited by Hill Jordan, James I. Robertson Jr., and J.H. Segars.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".