THE BETTER ANGEL: Walt Whitman in the Civil War
by Roy Morris, Jr
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Near Fine
- Seller
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Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
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About This Item
VG/NF. Hardcover in dust jacket in near fine condition except for remainder mark on bottom edge of book. ~~~ Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index, 270 pages. ~~~ "This deftly written, almost unbearably moving book serves to remind us powerfully of the horrors faced by the wounded on the Civil War battlefields, of the genius and compassion of Walt Whitman in dealing with them, and of the remarkable skill of one of America's most accomplished biographers in researching and telling so poignant a story." --Simon Winchester
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- Bookseller
- Monongahela Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44
- Title
- THE BETTER ANGEL: Walt Whitman in the Civil War
- Author
- Roy Morris, Jr
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, New York
- Date Published
- 2000
- Pages
- 270
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War wounded, 19th century American poetry, American literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Civil War; North American Poetry; American Literature; Biography;
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Monongahela Books
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