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