Isbn: 9780306807756 - rebel: life and times of john singleton mosby (7 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: Good. John Singleton Mosby (18331916) was the Confederacy's best-known practitioner of guerrilla warfare. At heart a Unionist, he nonetheless joined the Southern cause when his homestate of Virginia seceded. He served first in the cavalry and later as commander of a partisan unit in Northern Virginia, where his operations tied up such large numbers of Federal troops that sufficient force could not be gathered to break Robert E. Lee's army till April 1865. Mosby's narrow escapes and impossible exploits (including the capture of a Union general from his bed) earned him a status as a cavalry commander equal to Stuart and Forrest, and a preeminence among the partisan leaders of history. Mosby was only thirty-one when the war ended. Rebel fully explores his long and eventful postwar career: his political battles; his close friendships with former enemies; his association with presidents from Ulysses S. Grant to Theodore Roosevelt; his service as U. S. consul in Hong Kong; and his involvement in the West's range-fencing crisis. In the process this book reveals the fierce independence and eccentric vision of one of America's most controversial, uncompromising figures.…

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Not Issued. .TRADE PAPERBACK EDITION. .binding is solid. NOT EX LIBRARY.text unmarked. corners slightly bumped.

Condición: good. This book is in good condition, with minimal signs of wear and tear.

Reprint (first published 1983). xx, 346, [2] pages. Paperback: H 20.75cm x L 13.5cm. Orange paper covers lightly rubbed, light crease at front cover's bottom fore-edge corner with initial pages inclusive to page 50 so slightly affected likewise. Light foxing and soiling to edges. Interior pages are otherwiwse brigth and clean. Binding remains crisp. Else a very good+ copy. ISBN 0306807750.…

Condición: As New.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. trade paperback in very good + condition.