Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War

ISBN: 1250109841

Author: Fisher, David

Condition: Used

The next installment in the New York Times #1 bestselling companion series to the Fox historical docudrama, Bill OReillys Legends and Lies; The Civil War is a pulse-quickening account of the deadliest war in American history.From the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacys first convention, the Underground Railroad to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Bill OReillys Legends and Lies: The Civil War reveals the amazing and often little known stories behind the battle lines of Americas bloodiest war and debunks the myths that surround its greatest figures, including Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln, General Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Stonewall Jackson, John Singleton Mosby, Ulysses S. Grant, Jefferson Davis, John Wilkes Booth, William Tecumseh Sherman, and more.An epic struggle between the past and future, the Civil War sought to fulfill the promise that all men are created equal. It freed an enslaved race, decimated a generation of young men, ushered in a new era of brutality in war, and created modern America. Featuring archival images, eyewitness accounts, and beautiful artwork that further brings the history to life, The Civil War is the action-packed and ultimate follow-up to the #1 bestsellers The Patriots and The Real West.