The American Iliad. The epic story of the Civil War as narrated by eyewitnesses and contemporaries by Otto Eisenschiml and Ralph Newman
Otto Eisenschiml (1880 - 1963)
Category
Books
Date
1947
Materials
Place of origin
United States
Collection
Chartwell, Kent
NT 3127906
Summary
This book reverses the usual techniques of historical writing. Instead of recounting the events of the American Civil War with quotes from eyewitnesses, this book is written almost entirely in the words of the men and women of the day with only transitional sentences by the authors. Book gifted by: The authors Book Inscription Signature: Otto Eisenschiml and Ralph G Newman
Bibliographic description
720p. : maps, ports. ; 25cm. No. 347 of a limited edition of 555. Provenance: edition plate inscribed by the authors. Binding: publisher's green cloth.
Makers and roles
Otto Eisenschiml (1880 - 1963) Ralph Geoffrey Newman (b.1911)