John Townsend Trowbridge
The South: A Tour of its Battlefields and Ruined Cities in 1865
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(BIG BYTE BOOKS July 7, 2015)
A classic since it was first published in 1866, John Trowbridge's account of a tour through the former Confederacy immediately after the war is riveting. It's as fresh today as it was a century and a half ago.With insight and sensitivity, Trowbridge wrote of the state of former slaves and former slave-owners, the changing social structures, and the physical reality in which they lived only months after the surrender at Appomattox.A journalist, novelist, and poet, Trowbridge brought years of experience to the task. Though an abolitionist long before the war, he did an admirable job of letting Southerners speak for themselves in this book. He was honest with them about his views but listened honestly to theirs. No understanding of the American Civil War or Reconstruction can be fully developed without reading this fascinating volume. It even informs a better understanding of modern racism and civil rights.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.
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