Louis S. Gerteis
Autore di Civil War St. Louis
Sull'Autore
Louis S. Gerteis is professor of history at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is the author or editor of four other books, including St. Louis from Village to Metropolis: Essays from the Missouri Historical Review, 1906-2006. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
Opere di Louis S. Gerteis
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Sesso
- male
- Attività lavorative
- professor of history
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 4
- Utenti
- 74
- Popolarità
- #238,154
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 2
- ISBN
- 10
This book captures the angst and excitement of the time. The illustrations bring to life some of the prominent people and places. Good coverage of the Dred Scott case, the Camp Jackson affair, the refugee and fugitive slave crises, martial law and civil liberties issues, military prisons, the sanitary commissions and the ladies' relief societies, gunboat building at the Carondelet boatyard. An epilogue extends the story beyond the war.
This book is about the big shots at the top--the Fremonts, the Bentons, bankers, politicians, generals, lawyers, the courts, etc. If you want to learn how the Civil War affected the lives of ordinary St. Louisans, black and white, Galusha Anderson's book is probably a better choice. But if you want the legal fine points and the politics at the top, this is your book. It goes into great detail and is lavishly sourced.… (altro)