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America's corporal : James Tanner in war and peace James Marten
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 523.5 87th .M38 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marten, James Alan, author.
- Series:
- Uncivil wars
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tanner, James, 1844-1927.
- Tanner, James.
- United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 87th (1861-1862).
- United States.
- Soldiers--New York (State)--Schoharie County--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Disabled veterans--United States--Biography.
- Disabled veterans.
- Amputees--United States--Biography.
- Amputees.
- Veterans--United States--Biography.
- Veterans.
- New York (State)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- New York (State).
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- Cobleskill (N.Y.)--Biography.
- Cobleskill (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- x, 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2014]
- Contents:
- Prologue: no regrets
- The war hit me and hit me hard: Jimmie Tanner's Civil War
- Living with disability: Jim Tanner reinvents himself
- Brooklyn days: becoming Corporal Tanner
- God help the surplus: Corporal Tanner and Civil War pensions
- The most celebrated GAR man in the world: legacies
- Epilogue and conclusion: the footless ghost.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-193) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780820343204 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 082034320X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780820343211 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0820343218 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 859447073
- Publisher Number:
- 40023903870
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