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Saving Savannah : the city and the Civil War
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Title
Saving Savannah : the city and the Civil War / Jacqueline Jones.
ISBN
9781400042937 (alk. paper)
1400042933 (alk. paper)
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.
Physical Description
510 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Summary
A panoramic portrait of the city of Savannah before, during, and after the Civil War--a poignant story of the African American freedom struggle in this prosperous southern riverport, set against a backdrop of military conflict and political turmoil.--From publisher description.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 17, 2009
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [471]-493) and index.
Contents
ANTEBELLUM. I am in the hands of kidnappers
Sell and buy and sell and buy
Our common Master in heaven
A demon ready with knife and torch
Let's see her face
IN BELLO. An abiding hope in every breast
As traitors, they go over to the enemy
Are we free?
We have dyed the ground with blood
POSTBELLUM. The way we can best take care of ourselves
For I have a great deal to do
A dream of the past
To have a big meeting, a big shooting, or big blood
The present deranged system of labor
You will see them studying
I came to do my own work
When you leave set fire to all the houses
Those peaceful, powerful weapons
MAPS. Map of Savannah, Civil War era
Lloyd's topographical map of Georgia
Sketch of the Atlantic Coast of the United States
The defense of Savannah
General Sherman's campaign war map.
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