Civil War: Short Stories and Poems by Bob Blaisdell (English) Paperback Book

Description: Civil War by Bob Blaisdell Compiled by an expert on Civil War literature, this anthology offers an outstanding selection of short works. Includes stories and poems by Whitman, Melville, Longfellow, Bierce, Alcott, Twain, Whittier, and many others. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Compiled by an expert on Civil War literature, this anthology offers an outstanding selection of short works. Includes stories and poems by Whitman, Melville, Longfellow, Bierce, Alcott, Twain, Whittier, and many others. This anthology commemorates the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War with reflections from both sides of the conflict. Compiled by an expert in the literature of the era, the poems and short stories appear in chronological order. They trace the wars progress and portray a gamut of moods, from the early days of eagerness to confront the foe to long years of horror at the ongoing carnage and sad relief at the struggles end. Selections include the poetry of Walt Whitman, John Greenleaf Whittier, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; observations by Herman Melville and Louisa May Alcott; and noteworthy fiction by Ambrose Bierce ("An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge") and Mark Twain ("A True Story, Repeated Word for Word, As I Heard It"). Lesser-known writers, many of them anonymous, offer heartfelt testimonials and eyewitness accounts from battlefields and the homefront. Author Biography Bob Blaisdell is the editor of numerous Dover thrift editions and other books and is an English professor at the City University of New Yorks Kingsborough College. Table of Contents Note Before the War How Old Brown Took Harpers Ferry (poem) Edmund Clarence Stedman Glory Hallelujah! or John Browns Body (poem) Anonymous Ye Men of Alabama! (poem) John D. Phelan Arise (poem) C. G. Poynas 1861 A Poem for the Times (poem) John R. Thompson A Word for the Hour (poem) John Greenleaf Whittier Jefferson D. (poem) H. S. Cornwell Rebels (poem) Anonymous The Bonnie Blue Flag (poem) Harry Macarthy Reply to the Bonnie Blue Flag (poem) Isaac M. Ball Secession (poem) Anonymous Dirge: For One Who Fell in Battle (poem) Thomas William Parsons The Battle-Cry of Freedom (poem) George Frederick Root Dixie All Right (poem) Anonymous Bull Run: A Parody (poem) Anonymous The March into Virginia: Ending in the First Manassas (poem) Herman Melville The War Fever in Baldinsville ; The Draft in Baldinsville (stories) Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne) Melt the Bells (poem) F. Y. Rockett "What the Village Bell Said" (poem) John G. MLemore The Little Drummer: A Soldiers Story (story) Richard H. Stoddard All Quiet Along the Potomac (poem) Ethel Lynn Beers Thinking of the Soldiers (poem) Anonymous Only One Killed (poem) Julia L. Keyes 1862 Battle-Hymn of the Republic (poem) Julia Ward Howe Song of the Irish Legion (poem) James De Mille Come List, My Boys, Enlist (poem) Anonymous Army-Hymn: "Old Hundred" (poem) Oliver Wendell Holmes On Board the Cumberland (poem) George H. Boker The Turtle (poem) Anonymous Stonewall Jacksons Way (poem) Anonymous Shiloh: A Requiem (poem) Herman Melville Epigram: "Whilst Butler plays his silly pranks" (poem) Anonymous The Drummer-Boy of Tennessee (poem) Minnie Hart The Hero of the Drum (poem) George W. Bungay "The Yankee hosts with blood-stained hands" (poem) Anonymous L-E-G on My Leg (poem) Anonymous Hopeful Tackett--His Mark (story)Richmond Wolcott Three Hundred Thousand More (poem)James Sloan Gibbons A Bundle of Socks (poem) S. E. B. Dirge for a Soldier: In Memory of General Philip Kearny (poem) George Henry Boker "Ein Feste Burg Ist Unser Gott" (Luthers Hymn) (poem) John Greenleaf Whittier The Empty Sleeve (poem) J. R. Bagby Joe Parsons, a Maryland Brave (story) Anonymous The Sergeants Little Story (story)William H. Kemper F redericksburgh (poem) W. F. W. A Day (story) Louisa May Alcott Oremus (poem) George H. Boker 1863 Mosby at Hamilton (poem) Madison Cawein Stonewall Jackson (poem) Herman Melville "Let Us Cross Over the River": Jacksons Last Words (poem) Anonymous The Scouts Narration (story) Anonymous The Northern Invasion of Lee (poem) Anonymous The Battle of Gettysburg (poem) Howard Glyndon How Are You, General Lee? (poem) Anonymous A Midnight Scene at Vicksburg (poem) Horace B. Durant Opening of the Mississippi (poem) R. H. Chittenden The Swamp Angel (poem) T. N. J. "I am monarch of all I survey" (poem) Anonymous The Guerillas (poem) S. Teackle Wallis Barbara Frietchie (poem) John Greenleaf Whittier A Negro-Volunteer Song (poem) Anonymous Charge of the Mule Brigade (poem) Anonymous My Dream: To Thomas Carlyle (poem) William C. Bennett Music in Camp (poem) John R. Thompson The War-Christians Thanksgiving (poem) George H. Miles The Color Sergeant (poem) A. D. F. Randolph A Mothers Story (poem) Anonymous Driving Home the Cows (poem) Kate Putnam Osgood Killed at the Ford (poem) Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1864 Cavalry Crossing a Ford ; An Army Corps on the March ; A March in the Ranks Hard-Prest, and the Road Unknown (poems) Walt Whitman The Unknown Dead (poem) Henry Timrod A Sight in Camp in the Daybreak Gray and Dim (poem) Walt Whitman An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (story) Ambrose Bierce The Wound-Dresser (poem) Walt Whitman "I Fights Mit Sigel!" (poem) Grant P. Robinson Buried Alive (story)Anonymous A Southern Scene (poem) Anonymous The Contrabands Return (poem) Hermine The Daring Spy (story) Anonymous The Case of George Dedlow (story) Silas Weir Mitchell Epitaph on John B. Floyd (poem) Anonymous The Silent March (poem) Anonymous 1865 A True Story, Repeated Word for Word As I Heard It (story)Mark Twain The Dog of the Regiment (poem) Anonymous A Soldiers Letter (poem) Mary C. Hovey Carolina (poem) Henry Timrod O Captain! My Captain! (poem) Walt Whitman The Conquered Banner (poem) Abram Joseph Ryan Why Can Not We Be Brothers? (poem) Clarence Prentice Post-War True to the Gray (poem) Pearl Rivers The Confederate Note (poem) S. A. Jonas Rebel Color-Bearers at Shiloh (poem) Herman Melville The Blue and the Gray (poem) Francis Miles Finch The Artillerymans Vision (poem) Walt Whitman Sources Long Description Published to coincide with the start of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War, this new collection of important short works has been compiled by an expert on Civil War literature. Contributors include many of the most famous authors of the era: Whitman, Melville, Longfellow, Bierce, Alcott, Twain, and Whittier. Details ISBN048648226X Language English ISBN-10 048648226X ISBN-13 9780486482262 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2011 Imprint Dover Publications Inc. Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Subtitle Short Stories and Poems Author Bob Blaisdell Short Title CIVIL WAR SHORT STORIE-GREEN/E Edited by Bob Blaisdell UK Release Date 2011-10-28 Publication Date 2011-10-28 AU Release Date 2011-10-28 NZ Release Date 2011-10-28 US Release Date 2011-10-28 Series Thrift Editions Pages 224 Publisher Dover Publications Inc. Edition Description Green ed. DEWEY 810.80358737 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:37385038;

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