The Journals of Josiah Gorgas, 1857-1878

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Hardcover in publisher’s dust-jacket. 305 pages. Includes Biographical Directory; Bibliography; and Index. Edited by Sarah Woolfolk Wiggins. Foreword by Frank E. Vandiver. History Book Club issue. Eighteen journals from the antebellum period to reconstruction by the highly regarded Chief of Confederate Ordnance. Gorgas journals are more comprehensive than Mary Boykin Chesnut’s Diaries and provide a far greater window into Southern economic, political and filial life. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy. Fine in a fine dust-jacket.

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Weight 2 lbs
ISBN

9780817307707

Book Author

Gorgas, Josiah; Wiggins, Sarah Woolfolk [editor]

Publisher

University Alabama Press

Publish Year

Publish Place

Tuscaloosa

Size

8vo – over 7¾ – 9¾" tall

Book Condition

Jacket Condition

Binding Type

Hardcover

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Edition