Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803261723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Stories of bravery, humor, and faith reflect the emotions and attitudes of freedmen, women, deserters, patriots, and resisters towards the war, as well as their opinions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and "Stonewall" Jackson.
A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends and Folklore
Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803261723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Stories of bravery, humor, and faith reflect the emotions and attitudes of freedmen, women, deserters, patriots, and resisters towards the war, as well as their opinions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and "Stonewall" Jackson.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803261723
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Stories of bravery, humor, and faith reflect the emotions and attitudes of freedmen, women, deserters, patriots, and resisters towards the war, as well as their opinions of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, and "Stonewall" Jackson.
A Civil War Treasury
Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 9780890099674
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Culled from a wide variety of contemporary sources--letters, diaries, newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets--this book contains a rich sampling of Civil War storytelling of all types.
Publisher: Booksales
ISBN: 9780890099674
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Culled from a wide variety of contemporary sources--letters, diaries, newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets--this book contains a rich sampling of Civil War storytelling of all types.
A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends, and Folklore
Author: Textbook Publishers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758119117
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780758119117
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends and Folklore
Author: Benjamin Albert Botkin
Publisher: Galahad Books
ISBN: 9780883940495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
This book contains a rich sampling of Civil War storytelling of all types, personal narratives, anecdotes, hero tales, etc. culled from a wide variety of contemporary sources of Civil War.
Publisher: Galahad Books
ISBN: 9780883940495
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
This book contains a rich sampling of Civil War storytelling of all types, personal narratives, anecdotes, hero tales, etc. culled from a wide variety of contemporary sources of Civil War.
Outlaw Tales
Author: Richard Young
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874831955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Presents a collection of folklore, tall tales, and myths surrounding such characters as Belle Starr, Frank and Jesse James, and Wild Bill Hickok
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874831955
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Presents a collection of folklore, tall tales, and myths surrounding such characters as Belle Starr, Frank and Jesse James, and Wild Bill Hickok
Myths and Mysteries of the Civil War
Author: Michael R. Bradley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762768754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
• Was Ulysses S. Grant really a “perpetual drunk”? Some said he never met a bottle he didn’t like. But did his headache medication also cause intoxication-like behavior? And did much of the talk originate with those jealous of Grant? • Was Stonewall Jackson just a “sucker”? Thomas Jonathan Jackson became known not only as a brilliant strategist but also as an eccentric who obsessively sucked lemons. Was it a love of fresh fruit? Or his favorite method of dealing with heartburn? • What happened to the lost Confederate gold? Ever since the evacuation of Richmond on April 2, 1865, rumors abounded that the Confederate treasury had been loaded aboard a train and sent on its way into hiding. Can we “follow the money”? In at least one case the answer is “yes.” From the legend of the Yankee “human shield” behind Nathan Bedford Forrest’s saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Myths and Mysteries of the Civil War makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0762768754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
• Was Ulysses S. Grant really a “perpetual drunk”? Some said he never met a bottle he didn’t like. But did his headache medication also cause intoxication-like behavior? And did much of the talk originate with those jealous of Grant? • Was Stonewall Jackson just a “sucker”? Thomas Jonathan Jackson became known not only as a brilliant strategist but also as an eccentric who obsessively sucked lemons. Was it a love of fresh fruit? Or his favorite method of dealing with heartburn? • What happened to the lost Confederate gold? Ever since the evacuation of Richmond on April 2, 1865, rumors abounded that the Confederate treasury had been loaded aboard a train and sent on its way into hiding. Can we “follow the money”? In at least one case the answer is “yes.” From the legend of the Yankee “human shield” behind Nathan Bedford Forrest’s saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Myths and Mysteries of the Civil War makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart
Civil War Myths and Legends
Author: Michael R. Bradley
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493039776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Experience the Civil War's most eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and myths and legends related and debunked. From the legend of the Yankee “human shield” behind Nathan Bedford Forrest’s saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Civil WarMyths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493039776
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Experience the Civil War's most eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and myths and legends related and debunked. From the legend of the Yankee “human shield” behind Nathan Bedford Forrest’s saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Civil WarMyths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart.
The Doctor to the Dead
Author: John Bennett
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1643361384
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A collection of fantastical and macabre Gullah-inspired folklore that illuminates African-American life in nineteenth-century South Carolina. You ask for a story. I will tell you one, fact for fact and true for true. . . . So begins “Crook-Neck Dick,” one of twenty-three stories in this beguiling collection of Charleston lore. John Bennett’s interpretations of the legends shared with him by African-descended Charlestonians have entertained generations. Among them are tales of ghosts, conjuring, superhuman feats, and supernatural powers; accounts of ingenuity, humor, terror, mystery, and solidarity will enchant folklorists, students of Charleston history, and all those who love a good ghost story. Julia Eichelberger, the Marybelle Higgins Howe Professor of Southern Literature and an executive board member of the Center for Study of Slavery at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, provides an introduction. “A collection of folk story, myth, drolleries, macabre unreason . . . old tales of death, mystery, bizarre incredibilities, diabolic influence, demanding ghosts, buried treasure, enchantments, miracles, visitations, and the dead that are not dead.” —Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 1643361384
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
A collection of fantastical and macabre Gullah-inspired folklore that illuminates African-American life in nineteenth-century South Carolina. You ask for a story. I will tell you one, fact for fact and true for true. . . . So begins “Crook-Neck Dick,” one of twenty-three stories in this beguiling collection of Charleston lore. John Bennett’s interpretations of the legends shared with him by African-descended Charlestonians have entertained generations. Among them are tales of ghosts, conjuring, superhuman feats, and supernatural powers; accounts of ingenuity, humor, terror, mystery, and solidarity will enchant folklorists, students of Charleston history, and all those who love a good ghost story. Julia Eichelberger, the Marybelle Higgins Howe Professor of Southern Literature and an executive board member of the Center for Study of Slavery at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, provides an introduction. “A collection of folk story, myth, drolleries, macabre unreason . . . old tales of death, mystery, bizarre incredibilities, diabolic influence, demanding ghosts, buried treasure, enchantments, miracles, visitations, and the dead that are not dead.” —Kirkus Reviews
Civil War Tales
Author: Gary C. Walker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Songs and Stories of the Civil War
Author: Jerry Silverman
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780761323051
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Provides a history of the music and lyrics of a dozen Civil War songs, describing the circumstances under which they were created and performed.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN: 9780761323051
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Provides a history of the music and lyrics of a dozen Civil War songs, describing the circumstances under which they were created and performed.