{"product_id":"the-oxford-dictionary-of-civil-war-quotations","title":"The Oxford Dictionary of Civil War Quotations","description":"\u003cp\u003eA definitive book of quotations with comments not only from generals (such as General Shermans \"War is hell \") and presidents (Lincolns description of army recruitment\/retention as \"trying to shovel fleas. You take up a shovelful  but before you can dump them anywhere  they are gone \") but also from ordinary soldiers (Sam R. Watkins \"A private soldier is but an automator  a machine that works by the command of a good  bad  or indifferent engineer  and is presumed to know nothing of all these great events \") and quotes from businessmen  wives and daughters (such as Southerner Sarah Morgans comment about Northern newspapers \"There must be many humane  reasonable men in the North  can they not teach their Editors decency in this their hour of triumph\") nurses  African Americans (both enslaved and free  such as John S. Rock  a lawyer in Boston)  foreign observers (such as William Howard Russell)  and many others  this work will also include more contextual information than other books of Civil War quotations. Organized by topic and collecting quotations from people from different classes and with different perspectives on the conflict  The Oxford Book of Civil War Quotations should engage the casual reader as well as be an essential volume for the library of Civil War buffs. Thirty-five halftones will illustrate selected topics and individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986025017397,"sku":"ByrdShop_019516296X","price":62.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780195162967.jpg?v=1770882163","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-oxford-dictionary-of-civil-war-quotations","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}