This reader offers many lesser-known writings by the historian, Bell Irvin Wiley, 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. There are speeches, articles, lecture notes and an interview.
This reader offers many lesser-known writings by the historian, Bell Irvin Wiley, and provides an intimate portrait of the man Life magazine once hail...
After the American Civil War, few southerners were able to publish books describing their defeated region. And journalists from outside the South were equally fatigued and quite ready to return to familiar surroundings; the thought of visiting and reporting on the war torn South was not a priority. Fortunately, an author from New England, John Townsend Trowbridge(1827-"1916) was persuaded to undertake the daunting mission of traveling through the unreconstructed South and to compile a journal of his adventures. The results of this intrepid reporter's long forgotten journey was a sizeable...
After the American Civil War, few southerners were able to publish books describing their defeated region. And journalists from outside the South were...
