Originally published in 1875, George Cary Eggleston's memoir, which proved immensely popular among readers throughout the country, is a nostalgic, often amusing collection of essays based on the author's Civil War experiences.
Eggleston describes life in Virginia before the war, offers glowing assessments of the men who made up the Confederate army and the women who stood behind them, satirizes the Confederacy's finances and its army's red tape, and recollects the war's end. He provides compelling portraits of his heroes from the war, lavishing praise on Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson,...
Originally published in 1875, George Cary Eggleston's memoir, which proved immensely popular among readers throughout the country, is a nostalgic, ...
If you open your mouth again, I'll drive my fist down your throat! The young man, or boy rather, - for he was not yet eighteen years old, - who made this very emphatic remark, was a stalwart, well-built youth, lithe of limb, elastic in movement, slen
If you open your mouth again, I'll drive my fist down your throat! The young man, or boy rather, - for he was not yet eighteen years old, - who made t...
If you open your mouth again, I'll drive my fist down your throat! The young man, or boy rather, - for he was not yet eighteen years old, - who made this very emphatic remark, was a stalwart, well-built youth, lithe of limb, elastic in movement, slen
If you open your mouth again, I'll drive my fist down your throat! The young man, or boy rather, - for he was not yet eighteen years old, - who made t...
This delightful non-fiction Victorian Era book by George Cary Eggleston will make a wonderful edition to any library.
From the author: "In calling the tales in this volume 'Strange Stories' I have sought simply to indicate that, in the main, they are unfamiliar to youthful readers, and that most of them relate deeds and occurrences some what out of the common. In choosing the themes I have tried to avoid the tales that have been often used, and to tell only those of which young readers generally have not before heard."
Stories included are: THE STORY OF THE NEGRO FORT A WAR...
This delightful non-fiction Victorian Era book by George Cary Eggleston will make a wonderful edition to any library.
