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The bonfire [electronic resource] : the siege and burning of Atlanta / Marc Wortman.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Wortman, Marc (Marc Josef)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
Sieges--Georgia--Atlanta--History--19th century.
Sieges.
Fires--Georgia--Atlanta--History--19th century.
Fires.
Civil-military relations--Georgia--Atlanta--History--19th century.
Civil-military relations.
City and town life--Georgia--Atlanta--History--19th century.
City and town life.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
United States.
Atlanta (Ga.)--History, Military--19th century.
Atlanta (Ga.).
Atlanta (Ga.)--Social conditions--19th century.
Physical Description:
viii, 431 p. : ill., maps.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The emblematic Civil War story: the ruinous siege and burning of Atlanta, the great city of the South.
Contents:
Intro
contents
introduction
I: Frontier
Flags
Virginians
Removal
Sherman in the Swamp
Another Passage
The Compromise
II: Gate City
The Cornerstone
Earthquake
Never! Never!! Never!!!
Speculation
Street Theater
III: Clamorous Town
The Dead House
Enemies Within
River of Death
A Day's Outing
IV: The Hundred Days' Battle
Railroad War
Candle Ends
Fighting, Fighting, Fighting
Roman Runagees
Prayers
V: The Thief in the Gloaming
A Perfect Shell
The Battle of Atlanta
VI: War is Cruelty, and You Cannot Refine It
Goodbye, Johnny
The First Bonfire
The Second Bonfire
The New South
Sherman's Return
Notes
Acknowledgments
Photograph Credits
index
Marc Wortman.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-322-35152-X
1-282-46018-8
9786612460180
0-7867-4158-9

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