Copperhead gore [[electronic resource] ] : Benjamin Wood's Fort Lafayette and Civil War America / / edited and with an introduction by Menahem Blondheim

• Autore: Wood Benjamin <1820-1900.>
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
• Disciplina: 813/.4
• Soggetto topico: Pacifism
• Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction
• Altri autori: BlondheimMenahem <1954->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; preface; Introduction; FORT LAFAYETTE; OR,LOVE AND SECESSION; Appendix 1. Speech 1: "State of the Union,"Benjamin Wood, 16 May 1862; Appendix 2. Speech 2: "Restoration of Peace: On the proposition for ageneral convention to devise measures for the restoration ofpeace to our country,"Benjamin Wood, 27 February 1863; Glossary and Explanatory Notes toFort Lafayette; or, Love and Secession
• Sommario/riassunto: Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin has often been cited for its galvanizing effect on anti-slavery opposition in the years before the American Civil War. Southern sympathizers in the North (known as Copperheads) never came close to producing anything that matched its influence. One of the more interesting attempts was Fort Lafayette; or, Love and Secession (1862). The novel -- which features liberal doses of love and lust, intrigue and violence, loyalty and death -- is by no means great literatu
• Titolo autorizzato: Copperhead gore
• ISBN: 9786612072772; 0-253-11190-0; 1-282-07277-3; 1-4337-0847-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784672603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II