Tools

LEADER 03299cam a2200433 i 4500

001 ocn813539868;

003 OCoLC;

005 20141212054643.0;

008 121206s2013 nyuabf b 001 0 eng ;

010 a| 2012047013;

019 a| 812781087;

020 a| 9780307594082;

020 a| 0307594084;

035 a| (Sirsi) o813539868;

035 a| (OCoLC)813539868z| (OCoLC)812781087;

042 a| pcc;

043 a| n-us-pa;

050 00 a| E475.53b| .G875 2013;

082 00 a| 973.7/3492| 23;

100 1 a| Guelzo, Allen C.=| ^A257519;

245 10 a| Gettysburg :b| the last invasion /c| Allen C. Guelzo.;

250 a| First edition.;

264 1 a| New York :b| Alfred A. Knopf,c| 2013.;

300 a| xix, 632 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediatedb| n2| rdamedia;

338 a| volumeb| nc2| rdacarrier;

500 a| "This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-599) and index.;

505 0 a| Part 1. The march up. People who will not give in -- There were never such men in an army before -- This campaign is going to end this show -- A perfectly surplus body of men -- Victory will inevitably attend out arms -- A goggle-eyed old snapping turtle -- A universal panic prevails -- You will have to fight like the devil to hold your own -- Part 2. The first day. The devil's to pay -- You stand along, between the Rebel Army and your homes! -- The dutch run and leave us to fight -- Go in, South Carolina -- If the enemy is there to-morrow, we must attack them -- Part 3. The second day. One of the bigger bubbles of the scum -- You are to hold this ground at all costs -- I have never been in a hotter place -- The supreme moment of the war had come -- Remember Harper's Ferry -- We are the Louisiana Tigers! -- Let us have no more retreats -- Part 4. The third day. The general plan of attack is unchanged -- Are you going to do your duty today? -- The shadow of a cloud across a sunny field -- As clear a defeat as our army ever met with -- There is bad faith somewhere -- To sweep and plunder the battle grounds.;

520 a| From the acclaimed Civil War historian, a new history--the most intimate and richly readable account we have had--of the climactic three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), which draws the reader into the heat, smoke, and grime of Gettysburg alongside the ordinary soldier, and depicts the combination of personalities and circumstances that produced one of the greatest battles in human history. No previous book on Gettysburg dives down so closely to the experience of the individual soldier, or looks so closely at the sway of politics over military decisions, or places the battle so firmly in the context of nineteenth-century military practice.--From publisher description.;

650 0 a| Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.=| ^A21219;

949 a| Order on Demandw| ASISh| JOYNER219;

960 o| 1s| 35.00u| JHISz| USD;

961 f| WJTm| 138099;

596 a| 1;

998 a| 3329568;

999 a| E475.53 .G875 2013w| LCc| 1i| 30372016046853d| 6/15/2014e| 5/16/2014l| JGESm| JOYNERn| 2r| Ys| Yt| JGESBKu| 6/19/2013x| BOOKz| JSTACKS;

Gettysburg : the last invasion / Allen C. Guelzo.

Author/creator	Guelzo, Allen C.
Format	Book
Edition	First edition.
Publication	New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Description	xix, 632 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects	Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

Contents	Part 1. The march up. People who will not give in -- There were never such men in an army before -- This campaign is going to end this show -- A perfectly surplus body of men -- Victory will inevitably attend out arms -- A goggle-eyed old snapping turtle -- A universal panic prevails -- You will have to fight like the devil to hold your own -- Part 2. The first day. The devil's to pay -- You stand along, between the Rebel Army and your homes! -- The dutch run and leave us to fight -- Go in, South Carolina -- If the enemy is there to-morrow, we must attack them -- Part 3. The second day. One of the bigger bubbles of the scum -- You are to hold this ground at all costs -- I have never been in a hotter place -- The supreme moment of the war had come -- Remember Harper's Ferry -- We are the Louisiana Tigers! -- Let us have no more retreats -- Part 4. The third day. The general plan of attack is unchanged -- Are you going to do your duty today? -- The shadow of a cloud across a sunny field -- As clear a defeat as our army ever met with -- There is bad faith somewhere -- To sweep and plunder the battle grounds.
Abstract	From the acclaimed Civil War historian, a new history--the most intimate and richly readable account we have had--of the climactic three-day battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863), which draws the reader into the heat, smoke, and grime of Gettysburg alongside the ordinary soldier, and depicts the combination of personalities and circumstances that produced one of the greatest battles in human history. No previous book on Gettysburg dives down so closely to the experience of the individual soldier, or looks so closely at the sway of politics over military decisions, or places the battle so firmly in the context of nineteenth-century military practice.--From publisher description.
General note	"This is a Borzoi book"--Title page verso.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-599) and index.
LCCN	2012047013
ISBN	9780307594082
ISBN	0307594084

Availability

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	E475.53 .G875 2013	✔ Available	Place Hold

Gettysburg : the last invasion / Allen C. Guelzo.

Click here for more information about this title

Availability