After the publication of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, many Confederate historians were asked, "What shall I read next?" To answer the requests for further writings on the Civil War era, distinguished historian Douglas Southall Freeman assembled this bibliography of the best narratives, memoirs, and other works--those that tell their stories simply, with wit and realism--that provide a good introduction to literature on the Lost Cause. In contrast to most bibliographies, The South to Posterity reads easily and ...
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After the publication of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, many Confederate historians were asked, "What shall I read next?" To answer the requests for further writings on the Civil War era, distinguished historian Douglas Southall Freeman assembled this bibliography of the best narratives, memoirs, and other works--those that tell their stories simply, with wit and realism--that provide a good introduction to literature on the Lost Cause. In contrast to most bibliographies, The South to Posterity reads easily and often movingly. In eight masterful chapters, Freeman reviews soldiers' battlefield accounts; vindications penned just after the war; biographies of and tributes to General Robert E. Lee; women's commentaries; thoughts from foreign observers and participants; and diaries, letters, and speeches. Finally, he discusses topics yet to be addressed. A new introduction by Civil War historian Gary W. Gallagher provides an excellent background to Freeman's life and work and considers what has been accomplished in the field since the book first appeared.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Gifter's inscription on front endpage. Owner's name on inside. (Confederate States of America, Civil War, Bibliography)
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Second edition (first published in 1939). 8vo. 235 pp. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper to southern novelist Frances Parkinson Keyes. Nevins I, p. 14: "The pre-eminent study of Confederate historical writing by a great practitioner in the field; invaluable as a guide to the printed literature of the wartime south." In Tall Cotton 63: "Delightful, relaxing, and thoroughly interesting." Very good. Green cloth, gilt spine title, printed dust jacket (some wear around the edges. (9932).
