A Philadelphia perspective : the Civil War diary of Sidney George Fisher / edited and with a new introduction by Jonathan W. White.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fisher, Sidney George, 1809-1871, author.

Contributor:

White, Jonathan W., 1979-

Series:

North's Civil War

The North's Civil War series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philadelphia (Pa.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Sources.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social life and customs--19th century.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Fisher, Sidney George, 1809-1871--Diaries.

Fisher, Sidney George.

Fisher family.

Ingersoll family.

Fisher, Sidney George, 1809-1871.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Diaries.

diaries.

Diaries

History

Sources

Quelle.

Physical Description:

xiii, 294 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, 2007.

Summary:

An aristocratic member of a prominent Philadelphia family, Sidney George Fisher (1809?1871) was a prolific man of letters. Between 1834 and 1871, he kept a detailed diary that chronicled not only daily life in America's second city but also the key political, social, and cultural events of the nineteenth century. Published in 1967, Fisher's diary quickly became one of the most remarkable works of its kind; few published diaries are as incisive and illuminating of their era. Brilliant journalism, the Diary is rich with Fisher's own observations?on secession, war and peace, his admiration for Lincoln, and his complicated feelings about slavery and emancipation. The Diary, with a new introduction by Jonathan W. White, joins those of George Templeton Strong and Mary Boykin Chesnut as classic windows on America during the War Between the States.

An aristocratic member of a prominent Philadelphia family, Sidney George Fisher (1809-1871) was a prolific man of letters. Between 1834 and 1871, he kept a detailed diary that chronicled not only daily life in America's second city but also the key political, social, and cultural events of the nineteenth century.

Notes:

"Portions of this book have been adapted, by permission, from A Philadelphia Perspective: The Diary of Sidney George Fisher, Covering the Years 1834-1871, edited by Nicholas B. Wainwright (Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1967)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum ref copy: Zebooker fund bookplate; circulating copy: Gemmill fund bookplate..

Sidney George Fisher was a member of the Athenaeum.

HSP credit line: Portrait of Sidney George Fisher (daguerreotype, Cased Photographs); Birds-eye View of Philadelphia 1857 by J. Bachman (P.S. Duval, litho.)

Other Format:

Online version: Fisher, Sidney George, 1809-1871. Philadelphia perspective.

ISBN:

9780823227273

0823227278

9780823227280

0823227286

OCLC:

85833392

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