Civil War wordbook : including sayings, phrases, and slang / Darryl Lyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lyman, Darryl, 1944-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Dictionaries.

United States.

History.

Genre:

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

192 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Combined Books edition.

Place of Publication:

Conshohocken, PA : Combined Books ; Harrisburg, PA : Distributed in North America by Stackpole Books, 1993.

Summary:

Now that millions of Americans are interested in the Civil War, many have found that period words in contemporary letters, diaries, reminiscences, official accounts and even modern histories can be obstacles to a true understanding of the time and its people; author Darryl Lyman has gathered in an easy-to-use reference book from over 700 words and expressions that first appeared or were first widely used during the Civil War.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192).

ISBN:

093828925X :

OCLC:

28633499