The Civil War : Voices of Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage - Gordon Leidner

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The Civil War

Voices of Hope, Sacrifice, and Courage

By: Gordon Leidner

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Hardcover | 1 May 2014

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"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves...."-President Abraham Lincoln

The third title in Gordon Leidner's successful series, The Civil War: Quotes, Quips, And Speeches captures the essence of this bloody and inevitable conflict through the insights, inspirations, and wisdoms of those who lived it. Featuring more than 220 quotes from both Union and Confederate soldiers and civilians, as well as excerpts from some of our country's most enduring speeches, The Civil War documents the chronology of one of the ultimate turning points in American history.

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"As the nation observes the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the publication of this toothsome smorgasbord of memorable, revealing quotes from participants in that conflict is especially welcome. Gordon Leidner has judiciously chosen pithy statements by a wide variety of both Union and Confederate generals, common soldiers, political leaders, diarists, legislators, and commentators. It is a worthy companion to Leidner's previous collection, Abraham Lincoln: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches." - Michael Burlingame, Chancellor, Naomi B. Lynn Distinguished Chair in Lincoln Studies, University of Illinois Springfield
"In Leidner's The Civil War: Quotes, Quips, and Speeches, one finds a lucid portrayal of the key terms, issues, debates, and concerns that provoked America's greatest crisis: a civil war that would determine the future of American slavery, and therewith the future of freedom in the modern world. To read the words of the diverse array of Americans contained herein is to reflect upon the abiding challenge of self-government, and to pay the highest respect to the tragic efforts of a generation of men and women fighting for the meaning of America." - Lucas Morel, Head, Politics Department, Washington and Lee University
"The American Civil War lifted every level in American culture, from its music to the agony of its losses. It had the same effect on American words, and Gordon Leidner's handy compendium of Civil War words captures as none else does in its short compass the color, vehemence, sorrow and triumph of that defining event in our history." - Allen C. Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and Director, Civil War Era Studies Program, Gettysburg College

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