A Field Guide to Gettysburg

Experiencing the Battlefield Through Its History, Places, and People

Tom Vossler (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

464 Seiten

2013 | New edition
The University of North Carolina Press (Verlag)
9780807835258 (ISBN)

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In this lively guide to the Gettysburg battlefield, Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler invite readers to participate in a tour of this hallowed ground. Ideal for carrying on trips through the park as well as for the armchair historian, this book includes comprehensive maps and deft descriptions of the action that situate visitors in time and place. Crisp narratives introduce key figures and events, and eye-opening vignettes help readers more fully comprehend the import of what happened and why. A wide variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offer colourful stories and present interesting interpretations that have shaped--or reshaped--our understanding of Gettysburg today.

Carol Reardon is George Winfree Professor of American History at Pennsylvania State University, USA and author of four books, including With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other: The Problem of Military Thought in the Civil War North. She has taught at West Point and the U.S. Army War College, and she leads staff rides and tours of Gettysburg for many military and civilian groups. Tom Vossler, a combat veteran and retired U.S. Army colonel, is former director of the U.S. Army Military History Institute. As a licensed battlefield guide, he leads over one hundred battlefield tours and leadership seminars each year.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.7.2013
Verlagsort	Chapel Hill
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Gewicht	744 g
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Hotel- / Restaurantführer
	Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
ISBN-13	9780807835258 / 9780807835258
Zustand	Neuware