The Negro’s Civil War. How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union.
First Edition of James McPherson's The Negro's Civil War. How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union; Inscribed by Him
The Negro’s Civil War. How Americans Felt and Acted During the War for the Union.
MCPHERSON, James M.
$650.00
Item Number: 137542
New York: Pantheon Books, 1965.
First edition of this work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author regarding the perspective of African Americans during The Civil War; how they felt, and how they played an important role, military and political, in helping the North win the war. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, “To Wendell Morris Regards by James McPherson.” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket.
In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson deftly narrates the experience of blacks—former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and common people—during the Civil War.
