{"product_id":"the-civil-war-the-complete-text-of-the-bestselling-narrative-history-of-the-civil-war-based-on-the-celebrated-pbs-television-series-9780679755432","title":"The Civil War: The Complete Text of the Bestselling Narrative History of the Civil War--Based on the Celebrated PBS Television Series","description":"\u003cb\u003eBased on the celebrated PBS television series about the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood--the complete text of the magisterial illustrated work of history that \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e hailed as \"a treasure for the eye and mind.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things.... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads: the suffering, the enormous tragedy of the whole thing.\" --Shelby Foote, from \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Geoffrey Ward's magisterial work of history is available in a text-only edition that interweaves the author's narrative with the voices of the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood: not just Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Robert E. Lee, but genteel Southern ladies and escaped slaves, cavalry officers and common foot soldiers who fought in Yankee blue and Rebel gray. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e also includes essays by our most distinguished historians of the era: Don E. Fehrenbacher, on the war's origins; Barbara J. Fields, on the freeing of the slaves; Shelby Foote, on the war's soldiers and commanders; James M. McPherson, on the political dimensions of the struggle; and C. Vann Woodward, assessing the America that emerged from the war's ashes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeoffrey C. Ward is the author \u003ci\u003eBefore the Trumpet: The Young Franklin Roosevelt\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA First-Class Temperament: The Emergence of Franklin Roosevelt, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich won the National Book Critics Circle Award for biography. A former editor of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Heritage\u003c\/i\u003e, Ward has also written a number of documentary films for public television, including \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHuey Long\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe West\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThomas Hart Benton\u003c\/i\u003e (all with Florentine Films). He is a frequent contributor to\u003ci\u003e Audubon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMHQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, and other magazines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKen Burns, founder of Florentine Films, is one of the most celebrated documentary filmmakers working today. He has produced and directed a number of award-winning films, including \u003ci\u003eHuey Long\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Bridge, The Statue of Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shakers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Congress\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThomas Hart Benton\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a producer, director, cinematographer, and co-writer of the PBS series \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRic Burns is a producer and writer of \u003ci\u003eThe Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e and was educated at Columbia and Cambridge universities. He is currently producing and directing a documentary history of Coney Island.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50662212108562,"sku":"9780679755432","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_550d099d-749a-4830-8be3-e0f37c2cc3b8.jpg?v=1737245213","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-civil-war-the-complete-text-of-the-bestselling-narrative-history-of-the-civil-war-based-on-the-celebrated-pbs-television-series-9780679755432","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}