Battle Cry of Freedom (book)
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| Author | James M. McPherson |
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| Series | Oxford History of the United States |
| Subject | U.S. history |
| Genre | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Publication date | February 25, 1988 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 904 |
| ISBN | 978-0195038637 |
| Preceded by | What Hath God Wrought: the Transformation of America, 1815–1848 |
| Followed by | The Long Crisis |
Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era is a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the American Civil War and its causes[1] published in 1988 by James M. McPherson.[2] Writing for The New York Times, historian Hugh Brogan described it as "...the best one-volume treatment of its subject I have ever come across. It may actually be the best ever published."[3] Battle Cry of Freedom is volume six in the Oxford History of the United States.
Editions
- McPherson, James M. (2003) [1988]. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-503863-7.
References
- ↑ McPherson, James M., Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era (1988), p. ix.
- ↑ "1989 Winners and Finalists". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
- ↑ Brogan, Hugh (1988-02-14). "THE BLOODIEST OF WARS". The New York Times. p. 1. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
| Preceded by The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 |
Pulitzer Prize for History 1989 (shared with Parting the Waters) |
Succeeded by In Our Image |
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