The Thin Light of Freedom
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The Thin Light of Freedom by Edward L Ayers
Virginia’s Great Valley, prosperous in peace, invited destruction in war. Voracious Union and Confederate armies ground up the valley, consuming crops, livestock, fences and human life. Pitched battles at Gettysburg, Lynchburg and Cedar Creek punctuated a cycle of vicious attacks and reprisals in which armies burned whole towns for retribution. North of the Mason-Dixon line, free black families sent husbands and sons to fight with the US Colored Troops. In letters home, even as Lincoln commemorated the dead at Gettysburg, they spoke movingly of a war for emancipation. As defeat and the end of slavery descended on Virginia, with the drama of Reconstruction unfolding in Washington, the classrooms of the Freedmen’s Bureau schools spoke of a new society struggling to emerge. Here is history at its best: powerful, insightful and grounded in human detail.
Edward L. Ayers, a recipient of the National Humanities Medal, has won the Bancroft and Lincoln Prizes for his innovative histories of Civil War America. He is president emeritus of the University of Richmond, where he is executive director of New American History.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780393292633 |
| ISBN 10 | 0393292630 |
| Titel | The Thin Light of Freedom |
| Autor | Edward L Ayers |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | WW Norton & Co |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2017-11-21 |
| Seitenanzahl | 640 |
| Preise | Winner of Lincoln Prize 2018, Short-listed for Mark Lynton History Prize 2018 |
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